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23 October 2025

Nigerian separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu has sacked the lawyers representing him at his trial and announced he will be representing himself from now on.

The 58 year-old opened his defence on Thursday, where he argued that the court lacked the jurisdiction to try him - an argument rejected by the judge.

Kanu, who heads the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) denies charges of terrorism and incitement to violence.

Ipob is seeking independence for what the group calls the Biafran nation in south-eastern Nigeria.

Barely 24 hours ago, Kanu listed some high-profile Nigerians as witnesses in his trial, including Abubakar Malami, who was attorney general at the time of his arrest in 2021.

He did not give any reason for his decision to sack his lawyers and they have not commented.

Kanu, who also hold a British passport, said his continued detention after a court of appeal ordered the charges against him to be dropped, put the Nigerian government in contempt of court. The charges were later reinstated by the Supreme Court.

The judge said this issue had already been addressed during preliminary hearings and ordered him to start his defence.

On Monday, Nigerian police fired tear gas to disperse protesters who had gathered in the capital, Abuja, to demand his immediate release.

Despite his many battles with the Nigerian government, Kanu remains a cult hero to his many followers, especially in south-east Nigeria.

Ipob was banned as a terrorist organisation in 2017. Its armed wing - the Eastern Security Network - has been accused of killings and other acts of violence in recent years.

Kanu was first arrested in October 2015 on terrorism charges but he jumped bail in 2017 and left the country after a military raid on his home. The court later revoked his bail in March 2019 and ordered his re-arrest.

Two years later, the Nigerian government announced his re-arrest. His lawyers say he was detained in Kenya, which has not commented on whether it played a role in his deportation to Nigeria.

In 2022, an appeal court ordered that the charges against him be dropped but this was overturned by the Supreme Court the following year.


https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce864vqr564o.amp

FOR THE RECORDS:


The President of Nigeria as at today is Yoruba .
The Attorney General of Nigeria is Yoruba
The Whole Prosecuting Team against Kanu is led by a Yoruba and are all Yorubas.
The Judge in the case, Justice Omotosho, is a Yoruba.
The Section of the Nigerian press that has been churning out all sorts of anti Kanu propaganda since his arrest, are Yorubas...
Like the House of Representative Member representing Kanu suggested; it is starting to look like a section of the Yoruba society see the Nnamdi Kanu case as a continuation of the civil war..
This is where we are at the moment.


Let's be going..

owobokiri:
FOR THE RECORDS:


The President of Nigeria as at today is Yoruba .
The Attorney General of Nigeria is Yoruba
The Whole Prosecuting Team against Kanu is led by a Yoruba and are all Yorubas.
The Judge in the case, Justice Omotosho, is a Yoruba.
The Section of the Nigerian press that has been churning out all sorts of anti Kanu propaganda since his arrest, are Yorubas...
Like the House of Representative Member representing Kanu suggested; it is starting to look like a section of the Yoruba society see the Nnamdi Kanu case as a continuation of the civil war..
This is where we are at the moment.


Let's be going..

Are these also part of the BBC reports?

owobokiri:
FOR THE RECORDS:


The President of Nigeria as at today is Yoruba .
The Attorney General of Nigeria is Yoruba
The Whole Prosecuting Team against Kanu is led by a Yoruba and are all Yorubas.
The Judge in the case, Justice Omotosho, is a Yoruba.
The Section of the Nigerian press that has been churning out all sorts of anti Kanu propaganda since his arrest, are Yorubas...
Like the House of Representative Member representing Kanu suggested; it is starting to look like a section of the Yoruba society see the Nnamdi Kanu case as a continuation of the civil war..
This is where we are at the moment.


Let's be going..

I bet you see the word yoruba in your Dream every day. You have a problem with the Yoruba?
You forgot to remember he was arrested by the former President due Nnamdi Kanu's inspired killings of Nigerian soldiers, police men and other state actors.

This is a man who armed and funded terrorists group called ESN and IPOB. He went as far as threatening Buhari.

The man might be gone now, but there are his friends still alive watching.

Kanu is looking nothing less than life imprisonment or hanging.

owobokiri:
FOR THE RECORDS:


The President of Nigeria as at today is Yoruba .
The Attorney General of Nigeria is Yoruba
The Whole Prosecuting Team against Kanu is led by a Yoruba and are all Yorubas.
The Judge in the case, Justice Omotosho, is a Yoruba.
The Section of the Nigerian press that has been churning out all sorts of anti Kanu propaganda since his arrest, are Yorubas...
Like the House of Representative Member representing Kanu suggested; it is starting to look like a section of the Yoruba society see the Nnamdi Kanu case as a continuation of the civil war..
This is where we are at the moment.


Let's be going..

Na still Yoruba president go pardon the terrorist.

This will show you d world is following and interested in this matter

JustSayHello:
I bet you see the word yoruba in your Dream every day. You have a problem with the Yoruba?
You forgot to remember he was arrested by the former President due Nnamdi Kanu's inspired killings of Nigerian soldiers, police men and other state actors.

This is a man who armed and funded terrorists group called ESN and IPOB. He went as far as threatening Buhari.

The man might be gone now, but there are his friends still alive watching.

Kanu is looking nothing less than life imprisonment or hanging.

Do it!
Leave cho cho cho...
Just do it!!!

Only shows that the international national community are following his trial

It shall be well

The Nigerian gvt should free this man, one thing I like about him is his composure and intelligence

gidgiddy:
Only shows that the international national community are following his trial

It shall be well

The British are all in support of the Nigerian government. They will always be.. Federal Nigeria is a vassal state of the British..
The two regions that have always held sway at the federal level in Nigeria since 1966, are their proxies in Nigeria.

The British, the French and French Americans use the Northern region and the SouthWest to hold the rest of Nigeria down, while the western multinationals loot down the whole country.
That's the sad reality.

People like Kanu can never be friends with such foreign powers because the Western world only friends "lapdog" in Africa and will always despise intelligent heads..