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When government agents were busy killing unarmed IPOB members, innocent people and burning their properties in the south east, you and others condemning Nnamdi Kanu now, did not open your odoriferous mouths to condemn the government's atrocious actions.

Saturnalia:
Don’t mind them. His court case is illegal but when his army were busy burning down Federal Government Properties and killing innocent citizens, none of them opened their odoriferous mouths to condemn their actions.

I took the time to go through his case. I still maintain that the government has no case against him as long as terrorism is concerned. There is a valid argument to be made if the charges brought against him was for hate speech or possession of illegal materials. Nnamdi Kanu is not a terrorist. Note that right to self-determination is internationally recognized. It is a fundamental principle of international law.

Willy2025:
Kanu himself is not denying that he committed the offences, but said he did so when he was in England. Go and listen to his ramblings in court yesterday. Are five witnesses and many exhibits tendered not enough to prove a case?

What are the unshakable evidences apart from the testimonies made by 5 witnesses provided by the prosecution team. If you are sure of what you are saying then share these "unshakable" evidences here.

Willy2025:
Instead of all this your plenty rantings on nairaland, why not apply as one of his witness and table all the above before the court. There was unshakable evidence before the court showing Kanu committing acts of treason yet you are here whipping tribal sentiments

Okay but your explanation still does not justify continuation of the trial because Nnamdi Kanu can not be an "evidence" as he is not an object or document. He is a living human being with rights under the law. The supreme court clearly twisted the law just to nulify the Appeal court ruling acquitting him.

In my opinion, kidnapping him is already an offense not just under international law but also Nigerian law as his rights were clearly violated in the process (He is still a suspect and not yet proven guilty). It is absurd for the supreme court judge to justify the violation of his rights by transforming him magically to an "evidence" in a case he is a defendant. It does not make sense.

Mynd44:
@truthera

The problem you are not seeing is a legal technicality. This is how it works.
In America for example, if the police stops you on an illegal search and finds cocaine or even evidence that you murdered someone, that evidence is inadmissible in court as it was gotten due to an illegal search. Heck, if they don't even read your rights during the arrest, any statement you make might not be used.

Here in Nigeria though, we use a system called "Fruits of a poisoned tree" meaning that evidence gotten from an illegal search, arrest or process is admissible as long as said evidence indicts you and this is what the supreme court pointed out.

In the Nigerian system, you are allowed to sue the police for illegally breaking into your house and carrying out an illegal search and win but the evidence found during that search is admissible in court and will be used against you in trial.

Now, before you curse the Supreme Court judges, they merely interpreted the law, they didnt make.

If you watched the attached video in my post. You will see that Nnamdi Kanu apologized for what he said about Yoruba people or any other southern tribe in the video. I purposely attached that video to counter some false narratives peddled by mischievous Nairaland users against Kanu.

Nomercie:
Yes we hate Kanu not because he agitated for biafrud nation,he called for our extermination and it's a greatest sin,he should have done his agitation without involving Yoruba.since he invited us to his discussion,can you please stop crying that we're giving him the attention he craved for.

In this thread, I will try to explain why the government has no case against Nnamdi Kanu by dissecting specific points as a result of events that occured during his trial.

Nnamdi Kanu is currently facing seven charges over his Biafra agitation. Six of the charges, which accused him of incitement, enforcement of a sit-at-home order in the region, intimidation, threat against Nigerians and security personnel, and professing to be a member of IPOB. Only one of the charges alleging illegal importation of a radio transmitter was filed under the Criminal Code Act.

To prove the injustice and illegality of Kanu's case, I will list and explain 5 points below.

- Strange ruling by Supreme Court judges

The Court of Appeal in Abuja ruling acquitted/freed Nnamdi Kanu. The court anchored its decision dismissing the charges on the illegality of the “extraordinary rendition”, that is the illegal kidnap of Nnamdi Kanu from Kenya to Nigeria in June 2021 to continue his trial. A five-member panel of the Supreme Court led by Kudirat Kekere-Ekun declared that Kanu’s forcible repatriation (Kidnap) from Kenya to Nigeria was illegal.

Even after the supreme court declared that Kanu's kidnap from Kenya was illegal, lead judgement prepared by Tijjani Abubakar, ruled that there is no Nigerian law that prohibits the use of “illegally obtained evidence for the trial of a defendant.”

This shameful legal twist at the supreme court was glaringly a deliberate ploy to deny Kanu justice after he had won his case at the Court of Appeal. The supreme court stated "The Court of Appeal was wrong to say that the Federal High Court can no longer try Kanu". The judge further said “Our law is that evidence illegally obtained is valid before the court. A violation of Mr Kanu’s right should have been by way of civil proceedings. That is not our law for now”

The supreme court also ruled that there is no legislation that provides in Nigeria that trial should stop where the prosecution does something illegal against the defendant while standing trial. So according to this funny ruling, does that mean that Nigeria's laws are so primitive that it is okay for the government been the prosecutor can kill or harm the defendant in their custody anytime even while standing trial?

Based on these absurd declarations to support illegality, is it not obvious that the judges at the supreme court who made these ruling were not interested in justice but only aimed at upturning court of appeal ruling by all means even if it means misquoting the law just to deny Kanu his freedom? When the judge said "Our law is that evidence illegality obtained is valid before the court. A violation of Mr Kanu’s right should have been by way of civil proceedings. That is not our law for now” Does this imply that Kanu is now an "evidence" and no longer "defendant" in his case? Also, what does the judge mean by this sily statement "A violation of Mr. Kanu’s right should have been by way of civil proceedings. That is not our law for now". Clearly, Kanu's case should not have been entertained further by the supreme court after it declared the obvious illegality in his extraordinary rendition from Kenya. Since supreme court judge decided to bury this glaring fact of illegality shows that Kanu won't get justice in any Nigerian court.

- Use of anonymous security officers as witnesses.

So the government in a bid to prove the charges against Kanu, requested that the name of the witnesses be shielded from the public for the general reasons of security. In my opinion, this arrangement is unfair, allowing anonymous witnesses creates room for lies because these witnesses who claim to be DSS/SSS officers can not be held accountable by the law if their testimonies against Kanu are later exposed to be fabricated lies since they can not be identified, no real name or ID provided. Simply put, these anonymous witnesses can speak based on their imagination and conjure up fictitious stories or share fake statistics of persons killed by IPOB without any legal consequences.

- Empty witness testimonies

The government prosecution team presented 5 anonymous witnesses wth fake names to testify. None of these witnesses in their testimonies were able to indict Kanu directly of any act of terrorism instead they told stories of Youtube videos they watched and audio recording of his broadcasts. No witness was able to prove how Kanu carried gun and led other gunmen to attack several villages or towns in any south east state. No witness was able to provide details on how IPOB was directly involved in the killing of any of the victims they mentioned or call an actual victim to corroborate their testimonies in court. Also, no IPOB gunman was presented in court to say that Kanu's broadcast made him or her to go on a killing spree. All anonymous witnesses were strangely and conveniently DSS operatives with no neutral party presented as a witness by the prosecution team.

- The government's glaring complicity

IPOB was never formed to be a violent terror group. Nnamdi Kanu had in several of his broadcasts and interviews made it clear that his agitation is peaceful and about justice.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZT8pJq1jJU

The government ochestrated the violence in the south east through it's military campaigns that led to the killings of over 100 people, see link below for details

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/08/nigeria-at-least-115-people-killed-by-security-forces-in-four-months-in-countrys-southeast/

Through out Kanu's trial, no one who served in Buhari or Tinubu's government has been subpoenaed by the court or provided by the prosecution as witness to testify under oath over Nigeria's government role in the purported terrorism, state sponsored violence that killed these people in the south east. Is it safe to say that the government is above the law? What this means is that it is okay for Nigerian government to kill 100s of innocent people at will and without consequences.

- Pervasive injustice towards the Igbo man

It is no longer a hidden fact that there is a systemic marginalization, hateful sentiments towards igbo people in Nigeria. One example I will use is the events that occured during the recent #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest in Abuja. The protest was organized by Omoyele Sowore, on the day of protest, Nigerian police deliberately targeted, arrested Kanu's brother, his lawyer and other igbo men who participated in the protest with trumped up charges while leaving Sowore the protest organiser to roam free. They reluctantly arrested Sowore only after widspread outcry by Nigerians calling out the obvious double standards by the police force.

Also, the Nigerian government prosecuting Nnamdi Kanu for terrorism has on several occasions released and negotiated with fulani deadly terrorists. Some of these terrorist leaders routinely meet with government officials fully kitted with automatic machine guns and are offered sweet amnesty deals after killing 100s of people in the northern part of the country. The undeniable fact is that Nnamdi Kanu even though is not a terrorist, is been unjustly persecuted by this same government that pampers terrorists mainly because is an igbo man.

Nairaland, the platform I am making this post is not spared from this biased sentiment as some of you reading this post, pretending to be emergency lovers of justice, are in support of the government's actions towards Kanu simply because is an igbo man.

- Final words
In conclusion, Nnamdi Kanu may have broken the law through some actions he took when he established IPOB but he is not a terrorist as I've proven that this is an unjust trial geared towards denying him justice. Nigerians who are in support of this that are calling for Kanu's head because he is an igbo man should note that this unjust trial if allowed to continue and his wrongly sentenced for terrorism, will only set another dangerous precedence that will eventually consume Nigeria in due time.

This injustice will not end with Nnamdi Kanu...

I understand that most users on this platform and other social media platforms that are joyful over what the government is doing to Nnamdi Kanu are Y-oruba people from the south western region. Tinubu Y-orubacentric government will end very soon. It is obvious that some of you, who pretend to frown at Nnamdi Kanu's struggle for self-determination will at the end of Tinubu's government become champions of Oduduwa nation, you will start your own agitation for the actualization of Oduduwa republic once your people are no longer controlling Nigeria's federal government. When the time comes and you are unjustly arrested, prosecuted for terrorism by the fulani government you so cherish to take over from Tinubu, I hope you will accept your sentences in good faith having supported the government's unjust actions towards Nnamdi Kanu.

The government has no case. Note that Kanu had changed his mind only after reading the case file. DSS had earlier denied him access to this document. The case is not over yet so Kanu will still prove his innocence in due time.

imiski:
OP how market.
https://www.nairaland.com/8548511/kanu-refuses-defend-insists-no

I see you mentioned my ID here. I will provide a robust reply to you and buckeyemedia in an upcoming thread I will post soon.

buckeyemedia:
Truthera, gidgiddy your opinions are needed.

WizardOfNG:
Precisely. This is why I am mocking Kanu's Messiah worshipper on the thread below because, as I had stated to them, no sensible person will believe anything Kanu's witnesses will say, even if that will include Jesus, will invalidate the many evidence against Kanu to include verified audio of him asking for Lagos to be destroyed and Tinubu be killed.

We can all be emotional and sentimental but that of these lot is something else.

https://www.nairaland.com/8546061/nnamdi-kanu-finally-disgrace-nigeria#137260663

Why grant them bail when you actually don't want to free them. What kind of judge grants a bail without signing off on their bail bond? This is same Kangaroo courts that some Nigerians expect Nnamdi Kanu to get fair judgement. Tinubu should be held responsible if anything happens to this lawyer. What a shameless lawless country.

I am sharing this video that was made 8 years here on Nairaland so as to set the record straight since some malicious users on this plarform are bent on spreading false narratives against Nnamdi Kanu regarding why he demanded for weapons in USA.

All those who out of hate want the government to condemn Nnamdi Kanu to death just because he is an igbo man should remember that the fulani jihadist killings and widespread insecurity he predicted years ago is already happening in their states today. None of you will be spared from the devastating consequences of supporting injustice.

Ejimakor, when he woke from his situation, narrated that he could not sit straight or stand as nurses at the Kuje prison are attending to him.

Aloy Ejimakor, the special counsel to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has fallen ill at the Kuje Prison, Abuja, 24 hours after the presiding judge, Abubakar Umar Sai’id, a Senior Magistrate at Kuje refused to sign the bail bond for his release.

SaharaReporters learrnt that Ejimakor was unable to meet with his counsel, Barrister Maxwell Opara, during the routine visit to the facility.

Ejimakor, when he woke from his situation, narrated that he could not sit straight or stand as nurses at the Kuje prison are attending to him.

SaharaReporters understands that he may be transferred to the hospital.

Ejimakor was arrested on Monday with 12 others including Nnamdi Kanu's younger brother, Prince Emmanuel Kanu, by the Nigerian police during the #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest.

They were thereafter teargassed, beaten and then transferred to the CID unit of State Police Command before being detained overnight at the notorious SARS cell known as Abattoir.

On the following day, they were driven by the police all the way to the Kuje Magistrate without their lawyer and summarily remanded by the Senior Magistrate, Abubakar Umar Sai’id, who reportedly had a deal with the police to keep them incarcerated.

Also on Friday, human rights activist and two times presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, was arraigned with Ejimakor and others.

The same Magistrate granted bail and then disappeared without signing off on their bail bond.

Ejimakor is said to be at the clinic being attended to at the Kuje Correctional center by some nurses, where his condition is said to be deteriorating fast.  

https://saharareporters.com/2025/10/25/breaking-nnamdi-kanus-special-counsel-aloy-ejimakor-collapses-kuje-prison

In the case of Nigeria, Buhari, Tinubu and APC did not hide or disguise their tyrannical government from day one.

Racoon:
The oppression, suppression and repression starts slowly and gain footing like the attitudes of the cunny pigs characters of the George Orwell "Animal Farm" classics. The comrade animals only got to know of their lost freedom when it is too late.

"What tyranny and oppression comes into the land, it will be in the guise of fighting crime." - Thomas Jefferson( Former US President).

OP, your propaganda against Nnamdi Kanu has failed as he already revealed why he asked for weapons. I made a thread about this, you can open it using the link below.

https://www.nairaland.com/8547752/video-why-demanded-guns-bullets

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_U85l8RrxI

"Nigeria is not a civilized country, people behave like animals...." - Kanu

Nnamdi Kanu clears the air on why he demanded for guns and bullets in America.

You are funny, because you've nothing else to say in defence of Tinubu than you choose to go on cheap blackmail by lying about my profile and threads. Being a Tinubu supporter does not mean that you must comment on every thread or support all unjust illegal actions of his government. I expected you to prove how the videos I shared above were doctored or argue objectively against the fact that Nigerians are being arrested for organizing peaceful protests against Tinubu. If you have nothing to say then it is best you move on from the thread so that other users can contribute. You can create your own thread and write what ever ideas you like as I can't stop you so don't try to dictate what I post in my thread.

WizardOfNG:
@OP.

Virtually all threads you start are negative and repetitively about individuals (like Tinubu), ethnic groups and Nigeria itself in doom-mongering style.

You never discuss ideas. I don't know how long it will take you to realise your actions here is very unhealthy, abnormal and indication you're not well-adjusted at all.

Dividing Nigeria will go a long way in liberating the people because Nigerians are too tribalistic to unite and build a nation that works for everyone. Simply put, Nigeria was never meant to exist in the first place. I believe that if I-gbos are given the opportunity to form their own country, there is no region that won't want it's own country as no one will want to remain in Nigeria once the igbos leave. The political elites benefiting from one Nigeria who are largely responsible for the unjust, highly corrupt and evil entity that the country Nigeria has become will never allow their cashcow country to be dissolved. I think Nigerians can save themselves now only through a revolution that will lead to dividing the country or restructuring the country.

No law can tell people not to protest or restrict protesters to a venue of protest.
 
The continuous criminalization of protests in Nigeria by the Tinubu regime is a testament that the regime does not rate Nigerians one bit. They’ve so much miseducated Nigerians to the extent that they can twist laws, invent new ones and shove them down the throats of the people as they wish. 

The fact that protesters can be arrested for protesting is illegal, let alone prosecuting them for protesting in a particular location. That’s an insult on citizenship and democracy. 

No law can tell people not to protest or restrict protesters to a venue of protest. 
Let’s even leave law on one side. Let’s discuss logic. 

Protest is an expression of displeasure. It’s the opposite of “praise”. So telling people when, where and how they can express their displeasure is an insult to the people. 

It’s like you wanting to complain about government but the government ask you to seek permission first before complaining. 

And then, it is telling you that you can only complain in your houses, not on the streets or on the streets but in some particular streets and not some. 

That you consider these repressive acts something to even debate is a testament to poor education. Those who are lawyers; supposed learned people, who push these narratives on behalf of the government are laughing at you. The fact that you consider it funny because it’s someone or a group you don’t like, is also a proof that you are not educated. 

Sowore and others standing for what’s right are educated and their minds are liberated. Sowore’s mind is liberated and it can’t be caged anymore and that’s why they fear him.

Cry for yourselves, not Sowore.

By Adeyeye Olorunfemi

Hmm, I attended the protest but police denied everyone access to the protest venue. Why not focus on Tinubu for trampling on your rights by criminalizing peaceful protests.

Ttalk:
Where were you on Monday when Sowore with his Youba boys were protesting for the released of MNK.

You were probably hiding in your wife's cupboard

A subpoena will need to be issued by the court to get some of those he listed to testify because they won't want to come on their own. By the time Kanu starts to cross examine the witnesses under oath, they will implicate and indict the government. The subpoenaed witnesses will be pleading to be let off the hook as Kanu bombs them with facts to explain themselves. Nigeria will beg for the case to end having realized that it can not win. This case will end as a big shame to Nigeria, a victory for justice. Nnamdi Kanu will be released and you will be put to shame for supporting injustice.

Chivisee:
KANU WILL SEND HIS IPOBS FROM EKPON MALU LOCAL government in onisha to drag buratai,dansuki ,danjuma to court,and if they failed to come, he will order his other deluded wings to cancel them ;? make una continue ooo! as una adminstrative leader say he is always collecting advice from mad men, he should continue ooo! those mad men are helping him think true,true.

I will say it again that Nnamdi Kanu will disgrace and destroy Nigerian government completely before the end of this trial. It is better for the government to humble itself and free him. They have no case, he will defeat them in court.

Nnamdi Kanu will destroy Nigerian government by simply exposing it's lawlessness so that the whole world may know Nigeria and what the country represent. The disgrace will be so loud that the government will beg for the case to end.

By the time they start testifying, Nnamdi Kanu will destroy Nigeria government's argument against him in court.

VanuatuWycombe:
Yes. The 20 witnesses won’t forget to come with their certificates and academic transcripts too.

Your hypocrisy and that of your deceitful APC party stinks to high heaven. You need to bury your head in total shame as this will be part of your legacy forever.

Wolexyoshi:
Una go cry tire, but if I were you Pepu, I will keep preparing and be hopeful that someday, my time will come.

Tinubu till 2031 is a done deal and sealed.

This is how Tinubu the hypocrite and APC deceived Nigerians pretending to care about them but they never did.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po8fJ27gHrI


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPUG_vLjn44

How APC, Tinubu and Buhari loved protests and enjoyed organizing protests. Now they are in power, peaceful protest against them is a crime in Nigeria.

He will defeat the government by simply using the constitution and testimonials of his 20 witnesses under oath, who will implicate and indict the government of various attrocities it commited in the south east. Nigerian government is lawless, it does not like to obey the law or follow due process, this will be his greatest weapon against Nigeria. All you need to do is seat back and enjoy the show.

Shimbo96:
it's had for legal practitioners to defend him but you believe he will disgrace Nigeria government. Shouting to defend yourself doesn't mean you are right or intelligent, it means you have low self-esteem by making noise to defend your incompetency.

Spot on! They may deceive their APC cheerleaders but they can not deceive everybody. Nnamdi Kanu will disgrace all of them in court. Tinubu has destroyed what is left of Nigeria's reputation. It is glaring that this country is now a banana republic.

Good2go1:
Why now? Since how many day's? This is nothing but to cover up ethic undertone, the world is watching.

With over 20 witnesses set to testify, Nnamdi Kanu will defeat and disgrace Nigerian government in court. He will prove to the world how shameless, evil and lawless is the country called Nigeria.

If the judge is not biased, if he will allow all those he listed as witnesses to appear in court, Kanu will floor Nigeria government completely, you will bury your head in shame before the end of the trial.

GodPunishOsu:
Kanu that were hangings soon

Now that Nnamdi Kanu has opened his defense and called on notable politicians like Wike, Malami, Buratai, Sanwo-olu, Ikpeazu, Uzodima and others as witnesses. He has set the stage for the final showdown that will expose how evil the entity called Nigeria is for the whole world to see. Nyesome Wike will have to explain his role in Oyigbo massacre of igbos and IPOB members. Buratai will have to explain how over 100 igbos were killed during his infamous Operation Python Dance violent campaign in the south east. He will also need to explain the circumstances that led to military officers under his command attacking Kanu's home when he was granted bail, killing some of his family members and other igbos in the process. Sanwo-olu will have to tell his story and share evidences of actual buildings destroyed and killings done by IPOB during endsars protest in lagos. Malami will explain how he spareheaded the kidnap of Kanu from kenya and the flagrant disregard of justice by disobeying court of apeal order to release Kanu. Uzodinma and Ikpeazu will tell us how Kanu's IPOB became a terrorist group and how ESN is it's military wing.

All these men/women listed by Kanu as witnesses will be subpoenaed and swear under oath to expose the evil unjust country called Nigeria. By the time Nnamdi Kanu is done with Nigeria, no one may want to identify with this country.