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https://leadership.ng/kano-south-senator-kawu-sumaila-marries-air-force-officer/

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The detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has approached the Court of Appeal in Abuja, for an order stopping the Federal High Court, Abuja, from delivering judgment in his alleged terrorism trial by the federal government.

The appeal is coming almost a week to the November 20 judgment date fixed by Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja.

Kanu in the fresh motion on notice asking the appellate court to stop the high court from further proceeding in the charges against him, on the grounds of his appeal against the September 26 ruling of Justice Omotosho which dismissed his no case submission and ordered him to defend the terrorism allegations against him.

The self acclaimed leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) is contending that the Federal High Court was wrong in dismissing his no case submission without going through the jurisdictional and validity of the charges he raised.

Among others, he argued that the lower court was wrong in upholding the charges because the Terrorism Prevention and Prohibition Act had been repealed and therefore no valid charges against him.

He also held that the Constitutional issue of jurisdiction was not addressed by the judge in the
considered ruling on no case submission.

The ground of the motion was that Justice Omotosho did not evaluate the evidence of the prosecution witnesses and the cross examination to determine whether the adduced evidence had been discredited.

“That he sought to call 23 witnesses only when the issue of jurisdiction had been determined but which the court refused to do and stating that such would be done in the final judgment.

“That the Judge foreclosed his right to defend himself from the charges while refusing to rule on his objections to validity of some of the counts in the charges.

Kanu said that if his request to stop the judgment delivery was not granted by the Court of Appeal, he may be unlawfully convicted and sentenced to jail.

Besides, he feared that if the November 20 judgment is delivered, his appeal against the no case submission would become a mere academic and a fait accompli would therefore be foisted on the Court of Appeal.

The Biafra nation agitator submitted that neither himself nor the Federal High Court would be prejudiced if the application is granted.

In a 13- paragraph affidavit in support of the motion, Kanu raised the issue of disobedience to Supreme Court order on the validity of count 7 in the charges against him and the failure to apply mandatory test under section 303 of Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015 ACJA.

According to him, the Supreme Court made it clear that count 7 was no longer an offence in Nigeria, having been allegedly repealed.
In the affidavit he personally deposed to, he said that his pending appeal against the no case submission raised substantial recondite and Constitutional issues of law.

He specifically averred that counts 1 to 6 in the charges against him were predicated on repealed statute, hence, no validity charges against him.
Meanwhile, no date has been fixed for hearing of the motion on notice by the Court of Appeal.

Last week, he had already approached the Supreme Court
https://www.nairaland.com/8558973/nnamdi-kanu-files-fresh-motion

blackgold2018:
lies.. I remember vividly. She was sponsored by the FG. And she was one of those FG selected(dou with her own connection)

Someone that even embarrassed us by posting her own personal drama content in her page unrelated to what she came for.

So assuming I didn’t recall that event, you would have succeeded in your lies.

malali:
Keyamo should be sacked, because this is the 3rd time in less than 6 months.He is not capable of maintaining airport security. There has to be consequences.

MEGAWATCH:
If free and fair elections will send most of you to your graves , please be ready to die before 2027.

What kind of people are you people self?

MEGAWATCH:
How I wish his good heart will make him reject using Glitches to win a while presidential election in one of Africa's biggest black nation.


🤣🤣🤣

eldoradoxx:
Am so happy that Reno has become so discredited both my an average Nigerian and even internationally that no reasonable human being believes him or takes him seriously anymore. He is a disgrace.

bixton:
It's obvious the audience over there are mostly uninformed persons and the rest are paid to be there....

The only way to put people like Reno in their rightful place is to bring up their words spoken by them in past times on such issues when they were in government benefiting or out of government not benefiting,
It's a known fact that his likes spoke rudely and arrogantly against the VP during PMB's administration and he was trying to harass and bully him....

tit:
Bola Ige was the secretary of the Nigerian Council of Churches.
While the Biafrans were telling the World Council of Churches that moslins were killing christians, Bola Ige said it was not true, till his security guards went to eat food and moslins bandits kill him

Omokri blamed the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, Mr Peter Obi, for the false campaign against Nigeria, claiming that the trending allegation of Christian genocide began after he addressed a Congress committee earlier this year.

TimeManager:
-Kiss the truth!

PDP Leaders have faulted their removal from the party, describing the Ibadan convention as unlawful, defective, and held in violation of existing court orders while some distanced themselves from individuals parading themselves as states delegates at the party’s convention in Ibadan.

The entire exercise lacked legal standing - Abia state PDP Chairman, Amah

“We have a matter in court and it has moved to the Appeal Court. So, it is against the spirit of the law and the constitution for them to go ahead to do what they had done. We are not part of what they have done,” he stated. Amah also dismissed claims that Abia State fully participated in the event, insisting that the turnout from the state was minimal.

He said, “It is a game of democracy. We have 17 local governments; four chairmen are there while 13 are not. We have 14 members of the state working committee; only five are there. Some people went there because of the money they want to collect.”

He further criticised the dissolution of the Abia and Imo PDP executives at the convention, calling it a major procedural blunder.

“They went ahead to dissolve Abia and Imo executives, and now they are calling them to come and vote, which is a blunder. By dissolving the state, they don’t have the right to vote,” he added.


South-South PDP Leaders Dismiss Convention As Social Event

Turner, Secretary of the PDP in the South-South Zone, also rubbished the gathering, insisting it was not a legitimate party convention. He said,

“There is no PDP convention anywhere. You heard the chairman of the social gathering in Ibadan, Fintiri, where he announced that INEC was not there. So, it is not a convention of the PDP. When the PDP is ready with their convention, everybody will know.


It is good riddance to bad rubbish - Enyinnaya Appolos, acting Publicity Secretary of the South-South PDP, Enyinnaya Appolos

He described the event as “ill-fated” and held “in clear defiance of due process and judicial pronouncements.”

In a statement to Sunday Punch, Appolos said the organisers blatantly ignored two subsisting Federal High Court judgments and instead relied on “an ineffectual ex parte order which, in law and in fact, cannot override valid and extant court decisions.”

He added that the absence of INEC officials rendered the process “procedurally defective and legally unsustainable.” According to him, the purported convention was convened despite unresolved state congresses and explicit court orders barring such a gathering.

“It is evident that every business purportedly transacted at this gathering cannot stand the test of time, nor withstand judicial scrutiny,” he said. Appolos urged party members to remain calm as the matter progressed to the Court of Appeal


Jigawa PDP disowns ‘fake delegates’ at Ibadan Convention

The Jigawa State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has distanced itself from individuals parading themselves as delegates from the state at the party’s ongoing convention in Ibadan.

This was contained in a statement issued by the state chairman, Dr Babandi Ibrahim Gumel, and posted on his official Facebook page, ‘There are no legitimate delegates from Jigawa attending the convention.

He said, “I just learnt that some people are claiming to be elected delegates representing Jigawa in the ongoing factional and purported convention of the PDP in Ibadan.

“The Jigawa State chapter of the PDP is not participating in the convention, in compliance with the Federal High Court judgement restoring the rights of our leader, His Excellency, Sule Lamido, to participate in the process to contest the chairmanship of our party.”

Gumel expressed concern over the worsening internal crisis within the PDP, noting that the party’s affairs were being mishandled.

He stressed that the Jigawa chapter remains committed to any genuine reconciliation efforts.

“We are calling on our leaders to reach out to all aggrieved members and find a lasting solution to this crisis,” he said.

The chairman further warned that anyone claiming to represent Jigawa as a delegate at the Ibadan convention is a fraudster.

“Any person claiming to be a delegate from Jigawa State is a fraudster,” he emphasised.


Rivers PDP rejects convention outcome, hails INEC’s boycott

The Peoples’ Democratic Party in Rivers State has described the party’s national convention held in Ibadan on Saturday as illegal and said its outcomes will not stand.

In a statement issued by its Publicity Secretary, Kenneth Yowika, the Rivers PDP praised the Independent National Electoral Commission for boycotting the convention, saying the move upheld the rule of law and democracy.

The party noted that two Federal High Courts had barred the PDP from holding the convention, while a High Court in Ibadan allowed it to proceed.

Despite the conflicting rulings, the party went ahead with the event, electing new national executives and dissolving some state-level party executives.

Yowika described the convention as a “sham” and criticised the disregard for subsisting court orders. He said INEC’s decision to comply with the Federal High Court judgments exemplified adherence to democratic principles.

The Rivers PDP expressed confidence that the convention would be declared invalid by a competent court, urging members to remain calm and rely on the judiciary.

“The ill-advised convention cannot withstand legal scrutiny as it is already sub judice at the Court of Appeal. We rest our faith solely on the judiciary and urge all members to do the same,” the statement read.

givedemwotowoto:
The ruling party has a hand in everything happening to opposition parties. Stop kidding yourself

AMINDA:
Everyone is not your tin-god whose idea of being a master strategist is to destroy all opposition parties and cowardly run unopposed. Nigeria is a muti-party democracy, not a dictatorship. PDP does not need to die for ADC to thrive.

AMINDA:
Why are you perturbed. Mop the sweat from your brow. I thought the PDP was dead and buried? "What is dead may never die but rises again, harder and stronger". Varlar Morghulis.

myqel:
I won't stoop low to your level...good night!