BREAKING: Kanu Absent In Court, Details Of Court Proceedings Emerge

BREAKING: Kanu Absent In Court, Details Of Court Proceedings Emerge

The Federal Government claimed on Monday that the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has refused to appear before the Federal High Court in Abuja for his planned re-arraignment.

Kanu is being held by the Department of State Service (DSS) on an amended seven-count terrorism charge.

A team of government prosecutors led by the Director of Public Prosecution, Mr. M.B. Abubakar, informed trial Justice Binta Nyako that the IPOB leader refused to appear in court for trial.

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After the case was called, Justice Nyako inquired about the defendant.

“My lord, I understand the defendant has declined to appear in court today.”

“The defendant was informed of this hearing last week, and he did not object.” However, when I called the office this morning, I was told that the defendant had awoken and refused to appear in court.

“All entreaties and pleas were made but he refused to come to court”, government lawyer told the court.

However, Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, who is leading Kanu’s defence team, told the court that FG’s allegation was strange to him.

“My lord, this is completely strange to me because this is a person who has never hidden his desire to be in court at all times.” In fact, even in processes we filed at both the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court, the defendant stated that he would like to be present in court for all hearings”, Ozekhome, SAN added.

He also informed the trial judge of the Court of Appeal’s decision, which quashed the 15-count charge FG filed against his client and cleared him of all allegations.

Ozekhome argued that because FG had petitioned the Supreme Court to vacate the judgment and his client was also challenging the order that stayed the verdict’s execution, it was preferable for the case to be adjourned sine die (indefinitely).

Furthermore, he informed the court that his client had not been served with the amended charge.

“We were not even served with this charge; we only learned about it through social media.” We discovered it on the cause list this morning, and I expected my learned friend to stand up and announce that he is withdrawing it in light of the current Appeal Court decision.

“We are surprised because this is an abuse of the legal system,” Ozekhome said. Mr. Abubakar, the DPPF, said he was not opposed to an adjournment to allow the Supreme Court to rule on the appeals pending before it. As a result, trial Justice Nyako postponed the case indefinitely.

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