(Breaking news) Nnamdi Kanu absent in court as fresh trial of IPOB members commences
“Following the stalling of the trial by the disappearance of Kanu in September last year (2017), the prosecution lawyer, Shuaibu Labaran, asked the court to hear the charge against the other defendants separately.
“The request was granted by the court presided over by Binta Nyako and resulted in the new charge read before the court on Tuesday (March 20),” the report said adding that the accused pleaded not guilty.
Before the plea was taken, Labaran reportedly read from a sheet of paper which he described as the published version of an online publication, which had a threat on the life of an operative of the State Security Service by IPOB members.
Labaran further said a picture of the alleged operative was taken earlier and used on the social media, with a threat by the IPOB members to ‘teach the operative a lesson’.
The counsel to the defendants, Nnemeka Ejiofor, urged the court not to recognise the publication and the allegation.
According to Ejiofor, the prosecution fabricated the allegation just as he stressed that the report “does not bear any similarities with a traceable medium.”
While warning judge and family members to desist from taking pictures in the court room, Justice Nyako said: “Otherwise, I shall ban the press. I shall also ban family members. I can do all that.”The judge also warned parties against wasting the court’s time. She then adjourned the case till Thursday, March 22, for further hearing.
Recall that social media has earlier reported that the commissioner of police in Abia state, Anthony Ogbizi, has revealed how his men succeeded in resolving the tension that almost enveloped the south-eastern part of Nigeria and championed by run-away Nnamdi Kanu. In an interview he granted
Ogbizi also revealed that some weapons were recovered from some of Kanu’s boys.
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