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Nnamdi Kanu, Founder Of ESN - FG Unknown Witness
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#Law #Abuja #Kanu #Nnamdi ©May 6th, 2025 ®May 6, 2025 6:16 pm Unknown witness brought by the Federal Government of Nigeria to Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday over the case involving Biafra Republic agitator, Nnamdi Kanu has testified before the court that the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB leader was the founder of the Eastern Security Network, ESN, an IPOB acclaimed vigilante security network established to fight against terrorists that were advancing from Northern part of Nigeria and building camps in some parts of Southeast states, although, the unknown witness who was fully masked and personal details kept secret, introduced himself as a personnel of the Department of State Services, DSS who was among the detectives that interrogated the detained IPOB Leader, but the IPOB Leader, Nnamdi Kanu in a swift reaction said the witness is unknown, denying ever meeting such a person, the Defense lawyer raised a point of observation during cross examination that the issue raised by the unknown witness has been deliberated and struck out by the previous Judge. #OsazuwaAkonedo
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unknown witness brought by the federal
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government of Nigeria to federal high
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court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday over
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the case involving Bafra Republic
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agitator Nandi Kanu has testified before
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the court that the indigenous people of
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Bafra IPOB leader was the founder of the
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eastern security network ESN an IPOB
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acclaimed vigilante security network
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established to fight against terrorists
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that were advancing from northern part
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of Nigeria and building camps in some
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parts of southeast states Although the
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unknown witness who was fully masked and
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personal details kept secret introduced
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himself as a personnel of the department
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of state services DSS who was among the
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detectives that interrogated the
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detained IPO leader But the IPOB leader
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Nami Kanu in a swift reaction said the
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witness is unknown denying ever meeting
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such a person The defense lawyer raised
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a point of observation during
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cross-examination that the issue raised
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by the unknown witness has been
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deliberated and struck out by the
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previous judge Prosecution lawyer Adig
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Boyalo San on Tuesday called its second
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witness to testify The witness claimed
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that Caru incited violence and
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established the eastern security
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network allegedly as an armed wing of
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IPOB According to Punch newspaper the
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Federal High Court on Tuesday during the
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continuation of the trial banned Favor
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Kanu the wife of Prince Fineboy Kanu the
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younger brother of the leader of the
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detained indigenous people of Bafra
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Nambdi Kanu from attending the next
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three court sessions after she streamed
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the proceedings live on her Facebook
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page Justice Jameso issued the order on
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Tuesday after Favor admitted to live
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streaming the session and apologized The
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judge said her action could have
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amounted to contempt of court Even
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though her husband's lawyer Chief Kanu
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Agabi also begged the court for
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forgiveness Justice Amito maintained
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that she must be barred for three
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sittings The judge expressed disbelief
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that she still went ahead to post the
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video online despite her phone being
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seized during a previous court date for
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a similar offense "I want to hear from
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her Were you not the one who took your
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phone?" The judge asked "I did not give
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the order to forfeit that phone I don't
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know if she might be a wife to my
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brother Nami Kanu," he added Prince
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Fineboy Kanu replied "She is my wife."
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Justice warned that no one should take
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actions that could delay the trial
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assuring that justice would be done
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During the proceeding the federal
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government's second prosecution witness
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told the federal high court in Abuja
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that Kanu is also the founder of the
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Eastern Security Network The witness
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code named BBB stated under examination
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by the federal government's lead council
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ado in the open court presided over by
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Justice Jameso
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Recall that at the commencement of the
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trial Awamalo had asked the court that
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the identities of the witnesses be
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concealed from the public and protected
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for security reasons He stated the
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charges against Caru bothers on a
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serious offense of terrorism hence the
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need to protect the witnesses In a short
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ruling Justice granted the prosecution
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council's request Carnu who was
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initially facing a 15count charge of
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terrorism and treason brought against
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him by the attorney general of the
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federation got it downsized to seven
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after the trial court struck out eight
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of the charges on April 8th 2022 for
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lacking substance At the resumed trial
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on Tuesday BBB told the court that he
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was assigned by the attorney general of
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the federation to investigate Kanu
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Speaking further he said from the
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findings of his investigation the
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defendant is the operator of Radio Bafra
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and the founder of the Eastern Security
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Network Meanwhile efforts by AMLO to
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tender a letter authorizing the witness
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to investigate the defendant were
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opposed by the defense lead council Caru
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Agari Agabby objected to the tendering
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of the document because they had not
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been served The prosecution afterwards
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withdrew the document and the court
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granted the withdrawal Likewise Agabi
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also opposed the admissibility of a
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video evidence tended by the Amomalo
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citing same reasons that they have not
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been served The IPOB leader supported
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the submission of his council The court
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ordered that all materials intended for
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trial must be served in advance and
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listed properly Justice Omatosho
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emphasized that no document would be
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admitted unless previously disclosed to
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the defense The prosecution informed the
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court that it had filed a motion for the
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release of certain evidence already
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tended as exhibits specifically items
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numbered 1 to 28 and 30 to 39 The court
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in its response directed that the motion
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must be refiled with each exhibit
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explicitly identified and properly
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referenced Earlier under re-examination
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by a womalo the prosecution witness code
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code named AAA stated that in his
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understanding of agitation in the
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context of the defendant Kanu's actions
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are driven by secessionist agitation as
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he believes that the defendant was
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pushing for the secession of some parts
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of Nigeria under cross-examination of
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AAA by Agarby The witness was questioned
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on his awareness of the charges brought
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against Carnu and previous rulings which
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the witness admitted to knowing little
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about the details of the 15count charge
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including several that had reportedly
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been struck out by the court The witness
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acknowledged awareness of IPOB's role in
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enforcing Monday's
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sit-d responded was among the charges
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that had been dismissed Agarby
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repeatedly highlighted that several
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serious terrorism related allegations
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including disruption of elections and
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attacks on federal property were part of
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the struck out charges A point the
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witness said he was unaware of ao on his
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part had also cited concerns about a
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motion served on his team for the
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release of certain exhibits tended in
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court He noted that the prosecution
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objected only to the release of non-p
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perishable items Meanwhile shortly after
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the commencement of the day's
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proceedings a mild drama over legal
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representation ensued Justice informed
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the open court that he received a
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protest letter from one Charles Uday
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claiming to be part of the legal
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representation for the trial However the
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legal team of the defendant denied
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knowledge of Buddha Hans Kanu himself
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affirmed insisting Agabi is his council
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Following the response of the defense to
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the situation Justice Amatosho addressed
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the issue of the defense team being
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overcrowded He proceeded to note that
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only the approved amount of council can
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be allowed on the defense team Justice
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said "I approved 16 councils for the
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defendants and I have 29 I won't take it
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It is very important we move on without
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hitches." Citing the small courtroom and
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recalling a previous agreement he
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threatened to move the proceedings
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online if decorum was not maintained I
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don't want to be pushed to take the case
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virtually We have the facility the judge
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warned The punch newspaper report ends
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in quote Meanwhile the organizing lawyer
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for Nambdi Kanu legal team a lawyer Gor
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had stated after the previous court
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sitting that a decision has been made by
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the legal team of Marzi Nami Kanu that
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from now onwards there will be no
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further press briefings on the facts of
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the case except on peripheral facts that
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are not subjudice This decision was also
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conveyed to the judge in open court We
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had reported that one of the witnesses
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called by the federal government of
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Nigeria to testify against the leader of
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the indigenous people of Bafra IPOB Nami
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Kanu over the alleged act of terrorism
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secretly gave his testimony on Tuesday
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before the federal high court sitting in
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Abuja with the coordinating lawyer to
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Nambi Kanu Barister Aloy Mccor saying
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the FG witness was only identified
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merely by initials and the person gave
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his testim testimony against Nambi Kanu
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behind the screen following the
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application filed by the federal
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government lawyers as approved by the
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trial judge to keep the identities of
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the FG witnesses secret This a lawyer
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Jim Mccor tweeted while the court
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proceeding was ongoing that the federal
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government only has three senior
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advocates of Nigeria san that six san
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have stood firmly behind the detained
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Bafra leader We have reported that
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justice James Omatosho the new judge
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that took over the case of the detained
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Bafra agitation leader Nambi Kanu has
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accepted the apology tended by Nambi
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Kanu through one of his lawyers
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barristister Kanu Agabi a cross river
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stateborn former senator in the Nigeria
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National Assembly and two-time attorney
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general of the federation and minister
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of justice under the then president
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Alusonasanjjo over the detained Bafra
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leader's outburst or manner he protested
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Ed sequel to his rejection of the former
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judge justice bintanyako when the case
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started a fresh on Friday with the new
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judge which Nambi Kanu pleaded not
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guilty to the seven counts terrorism
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charges filed against him by the federal
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government We had reported that the
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detained Bafra republic agitation leader
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Nami Kanu has not been released by the
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Chief Justice of Nigeria CJN Justice
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Kadir Kakerin Nigeria National Judicial
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Council NJC says in reaction to viral
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rumors that the indigenous people of
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Bafra IPOB leader has been set free by
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the CJN on the ground that Nigeria
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courts under her leadership have no
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jurisdiction over the freedom fighters
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case due to the way and manner He was
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forcefully extradited from Kenya to
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Nigeria in
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2021 We have reported that the detained
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leader of the indigenous people of
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Bafrae IPOB Nambdi Kanu on Valentine's
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Day send a message to the lovers
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supporters of the Bafra Republic
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agitation and the general public that he
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would remain in detention until
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impartial and unbiased judge take over
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the case of alleged terrorism filed
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against him by the federal government of
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Nigeria narrating how the judiciary has
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been biased against him since years of
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his detention We had reported that
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Justice Bintono of Federal High Court in
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Abuja has adjourned indefinitely after
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the detained leader of indigenous people
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of Bafra IPOB Nami Ku is seen in a
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privileged video footage during February
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10th 2025 court session staged a
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resistance protest insisting while
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confronting the judge face toface
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including the prosecuting council added
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boyo that justice bintter who is an
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indigene of Katsine estate
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Same state with former president
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Muhammadu Buuhari is biased saying
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Justice Nyako who had held the political
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position of Katsina state attorney
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general and commissioner of justice that
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her court is not a court of law but a
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shrine of injustice accusing the judge
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of pope nosing with authorities to pass
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wrong judgment against him in order to
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be left off the hook by the federal
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government her son Abdul Aziz Nyako and
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her husband retired Vice Admiral Matala
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who was once chief of naval staff deputy
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chief of defense staff pioneer former
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military governor of Niger state two
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times governor of Adamawa state who were
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impeached twice by Adamawa State House
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of Assembly for misconduct one of the
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soldiers that fought against Bafrae
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during Nigeria civil war A current
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member of the ruling All Progressives
12:04
Congress APC who is facing corruption
12:07
charges alongside his son in a criminal
12:10
allegation filed before court of law
12:12
since 2015 by the Economic and Financial
12:15
Crimes Commission EFCC over alleged
12:18
cases of abuse of office criminal
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conspiracy theft and money laundering We
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had October 2024 reported that the chief
12:27
judge of federal high court in Nigeria
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Justice John Tmba Soho has rejected the
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verbal plea by the detained indigenous
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people of Bafra IPOB leader Nambdi Kanu
12:38
for the trial judge in the case Justice
12:41
Bintono to withdraw being the judge over
12:43
the lawsuits Justice Soho stated that
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Kanu's case was reassigned to Justice
12:49
Nyako due to its prolonged nature dating
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back to
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2015 Given that Justice Nyako had
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handled the case for the most part she
12:58
was deemed the most suitable judge to
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see it through to its conclusion However
13:03
the chief judge directed that if at the
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next hearing of the case Kanu still
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insists on recusing Justice Nyako he
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must file a written motion with an
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affidavit stating all the grounds for
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requesting the recusal We had reported
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in September 2024 that justice binton
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Yako of federal high court sitting in
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Abuja have withdrawn from the case of
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detained Bafra leader Nandi Kanu after
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the trial could not commence following
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the Bafra leader's personal
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confrontation with the judge for the
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second time in the year We had reported
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in May 2024 that in a rare case in the
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history of legal proceedings in the
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world Nambdi Kanu the detained leader of
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the indigenous people of Bafra IPOB
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helped himself at the federal high court
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sitting in Abuja and played the role of
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a lawyer with full energy and vibrant
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command of words with fearless loud
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voice defended himself with face-to-face
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confrontation with the trial judge
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Justice Bintanyako and the federal
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government prosecution council Adig
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boy Kanu is being prosecuted by the
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federal government on a seven count
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bordering on terrorism
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