Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has concluded a private consultation with his legal team, led by former Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, Kanu Agabi, SAN.
Kanu, who was brought to court by officials of the
Department of State Services, DSS, met with members of his legal team in a
courtroom vacated for him by Justice James Omotosho.
The meeting was held in the Court 7, located on the second
floor of the Federal High Court headquarters complex in Abuja, the same
courtroom where his ongoing terrorism trial is being conducted.
Going by the schedule of proceedings in the case, issued by
Justice James Omotosho on September 16, the meeting is part of the defence
team’s preparation for the commencement of the defendant’s case on Thursday,
October 23.
Justice Omotosho, on October 16, granted Kanu six
consecutive days, begining from October 23, to open and close his defence in
view of the accelerated hearing earlier granted in the case.
Agabi, who did not object to the six days granted by the
court, however applied orally for the court to grant Kanu’s legal team an
opportunity for a private consultation session with the defendant, outside the
premises of the Department of State Services, DSS.
Agabi said the defendant’s legal team was afraid that its
consultation with him (Kanu) could be taped or recorded by the DSS.
Justice Omotosho granted the request and also acceded to
Agabi’s request that the private meeting with Kanu be held in the courtroom,
during which only the defendant and his lawyers would be present.
By the court’s directive, the private consultation meeting
was to hold within the courtroom between 9:00 am and 12 noon on October 22,
while the trial will resume on October 23, when Kanu is to open his defence.
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