Deji Adeyanju has been remanded in prison custody until February 6, 2019 by the Chief Magistrate’s Court in Kano.
The court on Friday took the plea of Adeyanju, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, who is charged with complicity in series of murders since 2000.
The court said it lacked jurisdiction to hear murder charges against Adeyanju who had been arrested since December 13.
Adeyanju stood trial on similar charges between 2005 and 2009, but was discharged and acquitted by the Kano State High Court.
Adeyanju was arrested and detained for five days in Abuja before he was moved to Kano.
Chief Magistrate Hassan Fagge had on December 19 ordered his remand and scheduled Friday for bail hearing.
But when the court opened at about 9:42am on Friday, Fagge said he had determined that he lacked the power to hear the homicide charges brought against Adeyanju by the police.
Adeyanju was subsequently moved to Kano Central Prison.
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