{"id":114504,"date":"2024-10-03T19:25:52","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T18:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=114504"},"modified":"2024-10-03T19:25:52","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T18:25:52","slug":"kanus-lawyers-ask-fg-to-drop-terrorism-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/kanus-lawyers-ask-fg-to-drop-terrorism-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Kanu\u2019s Lawyers Ask FG To Drop Terrorism Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1811906939853337767\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The legal team of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the outlawed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPBO), has urged the Federal Government to drop the terrorism charges against him or grant him bail so that he prepare properly for his trial.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe legal team, which made the call during a press briefing today in Abuja, described the condition their client was held at the Department of State Service (DSS) detention facility as \u201cvery hostile.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aloy Ejimakor, Special Counsel to Kanu, said: \u201cHis continued detention at the DSS facility is not conducive as the environment is hostile and unfit for him to prepare for his defence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The lawyer also stated that Kanu\u2019s frustration to the judge in his last court trial where he asked the trial judge to recuse herself from the case was because he felt his fundamental human rights to fair trial was being denied.<\/p>\n<p>Another member of the team, Barrister Nnaemeka Ejiofor, said Kanu\u2019s action wasn\u2019t out of disrespect to the court but purely in exercise of his right as prescribed in the country\u2019s constitution.<\/p>\n<p>Another lawyer in the team, Jude Ugwanyi, attributed the insecurity challenges in the South East to the continued denial of bail to Kanu.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The legal team of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the outlawed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPBO), has urged the Federal Government to drop the terrorism charges against him or grant him&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":100832,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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