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Mr Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has listed former Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, as his witness in his ongoing alleged terrorism trial.

Kanu, in a fresh motion he personally signed and filed before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja, assured that he was ready to begin his defence as ordered by the court.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the motion, marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/383/2015 and dated Oct. 20, was filed Oct. 21.

The application was titled: “Notice of Number and Names of Witnesses to be Called by the Defendant and Request for Witness Summons/Subpoena and the Variation of the Time Within Which to Defend the Counts/Charges against the Defendant.”

The IPOB leader said the motion was “pursuant to the order of this honourable court made on the 16th day of October 2015, directing the defendant to commence his defence on the 24th day of October 2025.”

Kanu informed the court of his plan to call a total of 23 witnesses, divided into two categories.

The first category, he said, would be those he called “ordinary but material witnesses.”

He further informed the court that his second category of witnesses would be “vital and compellable” and shall be “summoned under Section 232 of the Evidence Act, 2011.”

He prayed the court that, in view of the number of witnesses he intends to call, the court should consider granting a 90-day timeframe to enable him to conclude his defence.

He told the court that he would “testify on his own behalf, providing a sworn account of the facts, denying the allegations, and explaining the political context of his statements and actions.”

Among those Kanu listed as “compellable witnesses” are the Minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike; a former Minister of Defence, Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (rtd); former Chief of Army Staff, Gen Tukur Buratai (rtd), Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State and Gov. Hope Uzodinma of Imo.

Others are Minister of Works, Dave Umahi; the immediate-past Governor of Abia, Okezie Ikpeazu; the immediate-past Director General (DG), National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ahmed Rufai Abubakar; former DG of the State Security Service, Yusuf Bichi, and several witnesses whose identities he didn’t reveal.

Kanu, in the motion, promised to “provide the sworn statements of all voluntary witnesses to this honourable court, and to notify the prosecution within a reasonable time.”

He assured that “no precious time of the honourable court would be delayed.”

Besides, Kanu assured that “it would interest the honourable court and the general public that justice is not only done but manifestly seen to have been done.”

The latest motion came after the detained IPOB leader had filed a motion of preliminary objection on Thursday, challenging the jurisdiction of the court to continue with his trial.

He had filed the objection the same day a team of medical experts enpanelled by the court to determine his health status, turned in a report that he was medically fit to stand trial.

Meanwhile, a magistrate court in Abuja, on Tuesday, ordered the remand of Kanu’s special counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, and 12 others who were arrested during the protest organised by Omoyele Sowore on Monday against the IPOB leader’s continued trial and detention.

The police charged the 13 persons with various offences, including criminal conspiracy, disobedience of a lawful order, inciting disturbance, and disturbance of public peace, in contravention of Sections 152, 114, and 113 of the Penal Code Law.

The 13 defendants named in two separate first information reports (FIRs) are Ejimakor, Kanu’s younger brother, Emmanuel; Joshua Emmanuel; Wilson Anyalewechi; Okere Nnamdi; Clinton Chimeneze; Gabriel Joshua; Isiaka Husseini; Onyekachi Ferdinand; Amadi Prince; Edison Ojisom; Godwill Obioma; and Chima Onuchukwu.

The magistrate ordered that the defendants be remanded in Kuje Correctional Centre pending their arraignment on Oct. 24.

Felabrity:
Sowore the fraud don put some fews for prison

Smartcitizen:
May God punish Peter Obi if he will not work with the north in 2027 election.


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yarimo:
Kudos to sowore for successfully fooling them

A magistrate court sitting in Kuje, FCT Abuja, has remanded the brother of Nnamdi Kanu, Prince Emmanuel Kanu and his lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, in Kuje prison.

The remand followed their participation in the #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest on Monday in Abuja.

“The magistrate seating in Kuje remanded Barrister Aloy Ejimakor, the lead counsel in Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s case and Prince Emmanuel Kanu, his youngest brother. This is a conspiracy from the executive, legislature and judiciary to frustrate Kanu’s trial on Thursday,” Kanuta Kanu posted on X.

DAILY POST earlier reported that the Nigeria Police arraigned Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor and his brother Prince Emmanuel Kanu and 10 others following the protest in Abuja on Monday.

The court document to this effect was shared by former National Chairman of the Human Rights Commission of Nigeria, HRCN, Prof Chidi Odinkalu, via X on Tuesday.

The police charged them for inciting disturbance and breach of public peace in disobedience to a court order.

According to the document sighted by DAILY POST, the suspects were accused of denying other citizens the freedom of movement, disrupting free flow of traffic while chanting war songs and requesting for the release of Nnamdi Kanu.

DAILY POST reported on Monday that Benjamin Hundeyin, Force Public Relations Officer, had while fielding questions on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme said Ejimakor and Kanu’s brother, along others would be charged on Tuesday.

Hundeyin further stated that they arrested during the protest would be charged to court after investigation.

Kewekubosineh:
He is on his own.

Trust me. He will be voted out in 2027.

He can't use PDP platform to leverage another party. Let him resign.

Nonsense!

Mrfeel:
Nothing concerns igbo with the Amala ewedu,we are concerned about the national cake and we will have a share of it ,we are learning to play the politics of sharing national cake , we won't continue to be main opposition while yorubas and the north share the national cake , if we are going to run a one party state in other to eat the national cake then so be it

Burger01:
Did he really say these? He should rot in jail abeg...

Mrfeel:
Deep down I know you are disappointed that mbah joined APC I know you all want south east to continue playing the main opposition and continue to suffer marginalization like it has always been for many years, south east governors are learning to play the game format of sharing the national cake, otti will join soon

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You go cry tire. She is free and I trust BIAFRANs will rally around her and bless her financially. She will forever be richer and more blessed than you

As regards your joblessness, keep opening monikers and looking for IGBO news. It will never make us hate them.

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helinues:
Why not advise the perpetrators to also stop disgracing Nigeria abroad with their criminal act. Imagine, he wants to be forming victims on this thread

nairalandadeux:
Dear oga seun.

It's time to stop putting crime stories on the front page

These threads are usually meeting places for tribal bigots to mock other people's tribes.

The person who posted this is a known anti igbo bigot. And there are known anti yourba bigots who do the same

Enough is enough.

owobokiri:
The triggering narratives used to spread this very news item are really dangerous.
Folks are desperately making it look like these ones were killed because they were Ebonyi people living in Anambra.
This very instigating pattern of story telling is not a coincidence as it may seem from the surface. This is part of a very dangerous campaign to create disunity between South-eastern states. And it is coming from the media wing of the ruling party

nightsaint:
I am waiting for the comment of the Commander-in-Chief of the country. He is the one that has the ultimate authority to stop this mess in the country. But I'm sure he is not even in the country as we speak.
A leader who is busy galavanting around the world when his country is under fire is not a true leader.

Depriest2020:
Well, I will be at FCID Abuja by 10:00am, 1st floor R28. Will be waiting.

BrokenTV:
The last time I checked Obi has never been docked for corruption but someone at the seat of Government has been docked before for corruption

Mabuggi88:
Keep shut, they reacted.

This was an evil act perpetrated by them but you don't have to say untrue things.
I'm from Ebonyi and you don't attack Anambra more than we do

Depriest2020:
And you're blind to see where I said it was a statement by the chairman of the said meeting, who was shot but survived.