Tag: KANU
Nnamdi Kanu’s Special Counsel Says Nigerian Court Erred By Using Repealed Terrorism Law For Life Sentence
Barrister Aloy Ejimakor, Special Counsel to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has said that the Federal High Court in Abuja erred by sentencing the IPOB leader to life imprisonment under a repealed terrorism law. Kanu was convicted on November 20, 2025 on six terrorism-related charges and handed five…
Nnamdi Kanu’s Transfer To Sokoto Prison Threatens Ability To File Appeal, Says IPOB Leader’s Ex-Counsel, Ejimakor
Barrister Aloy Ejimakor, former Special Counsel to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has raised concerns that transferring Kanu to a correctional facility in Sokoto, hundreds of kilometres from Abuja, poses a serious threat to his right and ability to file and pursue an appeal in his case. Speaking on…
Terrorism Conviction: Nnamdi Kanu Lawyer, Ejimakor Reveals Next Step After Life Imprisonment
Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyers have vowed to appeal his conviction, insisting that the judgment does not hold water. Addressing the press at the Federal High Court shortly after Justice James Omotosho delivered the judgment that sentenced Kanu to life imprisonment, his lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, who was at the court as a consultant, said they were heading…
Court Sentences Nnamdi Kanu To Life Imprisonment, Says IPOB Leader An ‘International Terrorist’
The Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced the self-acclaimed leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, to life imprisonment for terrorism. Justice James Omotosho said he sentenced Kanu to life imprisonment on counts one, four, five, and six, instead of a death sentence. He also sentenced the IPOB leader to 20…
Nnamdi Kanu Writes Trump, Says Christian Genocide In Nigeria Spread To Southeast
The embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu has written an open letter to President Donald Trump of the United States, US, over the Christian genocide in Nigeria. Kanu informed Trump that the killing of Christians has extended to the Southeast with the killing of several Igbos. In the open letter,…
Alleged Terrorism: You’ve Last Chance To Defend Yourself, Court Tells Kanu
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, said it would give the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, one last opportunity to defend the seven-count terrorism charge the Federal Government entered against him. Consequently, trial Justice James Omotosho adjourned the case till November 7 for the defendant to…
Terrorism: Judge Begs Kanu In ‘God’s Name’ To Consult Lawyers
Proceedings in the terrorism trial of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, took a dramatic turn on Monday, as the trial judge resorted to begging the defendant “in the name of God Almighty to consult properly,” before proceeding to defend himself. Noting that Kanu had earlier fired his lawyers and opted…
Nnamdi Kanu Protest: Court Fixes Oct 29 To Hear Police Suit Against Sowore, Others
The Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed October 29 for the hearing of the suit filed by the police against Omoyele Sowore and other conveners of the #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest held on October 20. The suit, originally scheduled for October 20 for the respondents in the ex parte motion to show cause why the interim…
Nnamdi Kanu Defends Self In Court As Lawyers Withdraw From Trial
Lead counsel for Nnamdi Kanu, Kanu Agabi, has applied to withdraw from representing the detained self-acclaimed leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), stating that the defendant had taken the case back from his legal team. All the senior advocates of Nigeria on the defence team have also withdrawn from the suit, a…
Protest: Live Bullets Were Fired At Us, Nnamdi Kanu’s Brother Beaten, Arrested — Sowore
Human rights activist Omoyele Sowore has accused security operatives of launching an unprovoked attack on peaceful protesters during Monday’s #FreeNnamdiKanu rally in Abuja. Sowore, who spoke on the Monday edition of The Morning Brief on Channels Television, alleged that security forces opened fire shortly after the protest began at the front of the Transcorp Hilton,…
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