Tag: Nnamdi Kanu

Court adjourns Nnamdi Kanu’s trial
Court adjourns Nnamdi Kanu’s trial

The trial of the leader of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has been moved to January 18, 2022. Meanwhile; Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Department of State Services to allow Kanu to enjoy maximum possible comfort. Justice Nyako also ordered the DSS to allow Kanu to…

United Nation raises concerns over Nnamdi Kanu’s arrest
United Nation raises concerns over Nnamdi Kanu’s arrest

The United Nations has reportedly raised concerns over alleged torture and inhuman treatment of the detained leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. The UN is said to have made its position known in what has been described as the Mandates of Special Rapporteur on Torture and other wicked, inhuman or degrading treatment. Reports say…

Security operatives bar journalists from covering Nnamdi Kanu’s trial  
Security operatives bar journalists from covering Nnamdi Kanu’s trial  

Security operatives earlier today stopped journalists from covering the trial of IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu at the Federal High Court in Abuja. Those who were stopped from entering inside the courtroom include reporters from ten media houses had earlier been cleared by the Federal Government to cover Kanu’s trial. Some lawyers on the side of Nnamdi Kanu…

Nnamdi Kanu plead not guilty to terrorism charges
Nnamdi Kanu plead not guilty to terrorism charges

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has pleaded not guilty to seven counts of terrorism and treasonable felony. Kanu entered his plea after he was brought before Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, after which the matter was adjourned to November 10. The Federal Government had on Monday…

Nnamdi Kanu faces amended 7-count charge of treason and terrorism
Nnamdi Kanu faces amended 7-count charge of treason and terrorism

The Federal Government has filed an amended seven-counts of treasonable felony and terrorism against the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. The amended charges were filed yesterday by lawyers from the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice. This comes more than three months after Kanu was arrested and…

Nnamdi Kanu seeks five billion naira in damages over his arrest
Nnamdi Kanu seeks five billion naira in damages over his arrest

The legal battle for the release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has shifted to the Abia State High Court. Kanu’s lawyer, Aloy Ejimofor, approached the court sitting in Umuahia with a fundamental rights enforcement lawsuit, seeking his release from the custody of the Department of State Service on health grounds. Ejimofor…

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