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Kanu’s Trial Not Secret’, Lawyer Asks IPOB, Others To Attend Monday’s Sitting by Successionist(m): 6:17pm On Jul 25, 2021 |
Kanu’s trial not secret’, lawyer asks IPOB, others to attend Monday’s sitting Aloy Ejimakor, the counsel for the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has asked IPOB members and other supporters of the separatist to attend the agitator’s trial in Abuja on Monday. He said this in a press statement titled, ‘Security agents must not molest those coming to show solidarity with Kanu’, on Sunday. He explained that the statement was necessitated by reports that those coming to Abuja to show solidarity with Kanu will be harassed or even arrested by security agents. Biafran separatist leader Kanu was arrested and brought back to Nigeria after four years on the run. Kanu heads the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra, which agitates for a separate Biafran state for ethnic Igbos in South-East Nigeria. While Nigerian authorities have not explained how he was arrested, his wife said he was snatched during a business trip to Kenya. Kanu’s trial for “terrorism” has been set for Monday, July 26. The statement read, “Let me make it clear that while I am not calling on people or Kanu’s supporters to throng Abuja for the hearing on Monday, it’s important to state that anybody who wishes to come is not doing anything illegal, provided such a person comes in peace. “Kanu’s trial is an open trial, not a secret trial and he’s presumed innocent until proven guilty. Therefore, anybody wishing to be associated with his trial by being present in Abuja is protected by his Constitutional right to freedom of association and movement. So, my message to all supporters of Kanu and even to Nigerian government is simple and that is: Everybody should be strictly guided by the rule of law pertinent to why Nnamdi Kanu is facing these tribulations and trials. “That pertinent rule of law is clearly codified by CAP A9, Laws of Federation of Nigeria, where it is stated at Article 20 that: “All peoples shall have the right to existence. They shall have the unquestionable and inalienable right to self-determination. They shall freely determine their political status and shall pursue their economic and social development according to the policy they have freely chosen. “Above is the fulcrum of every other crime the Nigerian government is alleging against Kanu. Therefore, once government recognizes that the enterprise upon which Kanu is engaged is expressly recognized or protected by laws, it will see that dialogue, not trials and violence, is the only legal pathway to containing it. “I am saying this because the same Law that legalizes self-determination also requires the government to accommodate it. Article 1 of that Law provides that Nigeria “shall recognise the rights, duties and freedoms enshrined in the Charter and shall undertake to adopt legislative or other measures to give effect to them”. Further, subjecting Kanu to any trial under the circumstances of his extraordinary rendition will face lots of legal challenges. So, what is expected on Monday is not a trial but what Lawyers call ‘taking a plea’ or a re-arraignment on the amended Charges that might be brought. “Should that happen, the procedure permits taking an adjournment to study the new Charges for the purpose of advising the defendant on the next steps. “So, there’s nothing significant that will happen on Monday that warrants anybody, including the government, to be jittery. https://punchng.com/kanus-trial-not-secret-lawyer-asks-ipob-others-to-attend-mondays-sitting/
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Re: Kanu’s Trial Not Secret’, Lawyer Asks IPOB, Others To Attend Monday’s Sitting by Staphylococcus: 6:21pm On Jul 25, 2021 |
And they should come as peaceful and responsible lots. Cos any unwarranted threat, protest or stupidity, will be met with WILD gun fire- Not rubber bullets. |
Re: Kanu’s Trial Not Secret’, Lawyer Asks IPOB, Others To Attend Monday’s Sitting by Tinububalls: 6:27pm On Jul 25, 2021 |
Let's teach some people how to turn up. 1 Like |
Re: Kanu’s Trial Not Secret’, Lawyer Asks IPOB, Others To Attend Monday’s Sitting by Dovegrey: 6:27pm On Jul 25, 2021 |
The first arrest made the nigga popular. Who know the outcome of this second arrest? It will end up making him more popular. We move 2 Likes |
Re: Kanu’s Trial Not Secret’, Lawyer Asks IPOB, Others To Attend Monday’s Sitting by Kaduna1stson: 6:27pm On Jul 25, 2021 |
The one that pain me most is Sunday Igboho and yoruba people trying to secede from Nigeria, after all we did for them? After we built a seaport for them and making them have access to the borders where their agberos collect money. After we allowed them use MMI airport to suppress other southern airports just to make them happy. We even allowed their son to become VP for the first time just because we want to make them happy. All they can think of is joining kalu to scatter Nigeria that has been feeding them? It's very bad. |
Re: Kanu’s Trial Not Secret’, Lawyer Asks IPOB, Others To Attend Monday’s Sitting by nairalandankrah: 6:28pm On Jul 25, 2021 |
Is a goallll |
Re: Kanu’s Trial Not Secret’, Lawyer Asks IPOB, Others To Attend Monday’s Sitting by DDDEnterprises: 6:33pm On Jul 25, 2021 |
Alright! I'll see if i have any ipob neighbours and tell them. ![]() |
Re: Kanu’s Trial Not Secret’, Lawyer Asks IPOB, Others To Attend Monday’s Sitting by velocity25(m): 6:54pm On Jul 25, 2021 |
They can't stop us forward ever and backward never. |
Re: Kanu’s Trial Not Secret’, Lawyer Asks IPOB, Others To Attend Monday’s Sitting by Jostoman: 7:03pm On Jul 25, 2021 |
Staphylococcus:for your mind now you will think you are putting fear into people's mind. |
Re: Kanu’s Trial Not Secret’, Lawyer Asks IPOB, Others To Attend Monday’s Sitting by OfoIgbo: 7:07pm On Jul 25, 2021 |
Staphylococcus: But you deem them to be terrorists so you should shoot them at sight, whether peaceful or not. Una don dey blink small small ![]() |
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