Aloy Ejimakor, counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the
Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has suggested the reason the Department of
State Services, DSS, failed to produce the Biafra agitator in court.
Ejimakor said the Federal Government’s lack of sufficient
and credible evidence was responsible for the failure to produce Kanu in court.
The Nigerian government had said DSS failed to produce the
IPOB leader due to logistics.
Against this backdrop, the trial judge, Justice Binta Nyako
had adjourned the matter till October, 2021.
However, Ejimakor disclosed that the Nigerian government did
not amend the charges against the agitator.
He said: “They gave no valid reason for Kanu not being in
court, except to say it lies in their discretion. But the judge disagreed and
told them that “trial can never commence without defendant being present”
“The Judge also ordered them to grant Kanu’s lawyers access
to him twice a week. The matter was adjourned to October 21. And considering
the impact of the court vacation, the judge indicated that should any issue
concerning the case arise during the vacation, we should call the attention of
her staff to it so that she can get the permission of the Chief Judge to grant
us a hearing unless we don’t mind the vacation judge to hear us.
“Contrary to expectations, the charges were not amended.”
Asked if Kanu’s absence was a ploy to keep him incarcerated
indefinitely, Ejimakor said: “If it is, it won’t work. I think that the
government is lacking sufficient and credible evidence.”
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