Courtroom indefinitely adjourns Nnamdi Kanu’s case following request by his Counsel

An Abuja division of the Federal Excessive Courtroom has indefinitely adjourned the case of Nnamdi Kanu, chief of the Indigenous Folks of Biafra (IPOB).  

Justice Binta Nyako adjourned the matter on Monday following an software by Kanu’s Lead Counsel, Mike Ozekhome (SAN), searching for for the matter to be adjourned sine dine pending the choice of an enchantment earlier than the Supreme Courtroom. 

In the course of the trial, the federal government’s Counsel additionally knowledgeable the court docket that Kanu objected to being dropped at court docket in the present day.  

 What occurred in court docket: When the matter was referred to as up, Kanu’s Lead Counsel prayed the court docket to adjourn the matter as a result of an enchantment has been entered on the apex court docket. He mentioned: 

• “The place, due to this fact, is that the enchantment on this matter has been entered on the Supreme Courtroom. I humbly urge this court docket to adjourn this matter sine dine to await the judgement of the supreme court docket.” 

 The prosecution counsel, Mohammed Abubakar, aligned with Ozekhome that the matter needs to be adjourned. He mentioned:

• “He has declined to return to court docket. The defendant was intimated about in the present day’s court docket session. I referred to as the workplace to seek out out why and so they mentioned he awakened this morning and objected that he was not going to return to court docket.” 

 On the difficulty of Kanu’s refusal to seem in court docket in the present day, Ozekhome defined that when he final spoke with Kanu, he was assured that the defendant shall be in court docket in the present day.  

• “We’re due to this fact shocked that the identical individual has refused to return to court docket,” he added.

 The choose’s ruling: In her ruling, Justice Binta who adjourned the matter indefinitely, famous that Kanu’s presence was not wanted on the continuing because the day’s enterprise was for each counsels to handle the court docket on the way in which ahead within the matter. 

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