Court Adjourns Nnamdi Kanu’s Trial Till Jan 19

Justice Binta Nyako of a Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday adjourned till January 19 the trial of detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. The adjournment came after Kanu’s team of lawyers, staged a walk-out over the refusal of operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS, to allow some of them to gain access into the courtroom.

Kanu was brought into the courtroom around 9.52 am, shortly after his case was called up bemoaned the refusal of security agents to allow some members of his legal team, especially his lawyer from the United State of America, Bruce Fein, to enter the courtroom. He told Justice Nyako that Fein, who was handling a case for him in the US, was around to witness his trial.

“I have an ongoing case in the US. I have not been allowed to see him. He is here to see me and to observe the proceedings. “He has been to the DSS to see me, but they denied him access to me,” Nnamdi Kanu stated from the dock. When asked by the Judge, if he was ready to conduct the proceedings himself, in the absence of his lawyers, Kanu said no. Counsel to the Federal Government and Director of Public Prosecution, M. D. Abubakar, urged the court to proceed with the trial in the absence of Kanu’s lawyers.

In a short ruling, though Justice Nyako expressed his displeasure over the conduct of Kanu’s lawyers, she declined to dismiss the pending application and rather adjourned the case till January 19 and 20, 2022, for trial.
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