Judge threatens to adjourn Kanu’s trial indefinitely

Binta Nyako, judge of a federal high court, in Abuja, has threatened to adjourn indefinitely, the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra .

Earlier, Aloy Ejimakor, Kanu’s lawyer, said there are some conditions to be met by the court for his client to submit to trial.Ejimakor also prayed that Kanu should be relocated from the custody of the Department of State Services to a house arrest and be allowed free access to his lawyers.“We can’t enter with any writing materials, so we cannot take notes. Our conversations are recorded all the time.”However, Adegboyega Awomolo, prosecution counsel, opposed the prayers of the defendant.

“You cannot continue to hold the court to ransom. I hope you know the consequences of adjourning the trial sine die. You have to make a choice and the choice has to be for you. Nyako then stood down the proceedings for a few minutes to allow the defendant to confer with his lawyers.The judge fixed May 20 for trial to commence.After his extradition in June 2020 to Nigeria, the federal government filed terrorism charges against Kanu.The remaining seven counts were also quashed by the court of appeal on October 13, 2022, with the judge ordering Kanu’s release.

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