By Chineze Emelieze,<\/p>\n
In its usual staged attempt to cause confusion and coerce presiding judges into arriving at rulings favourable to it, IPOB has once again
\nresorted to demanding that Justice Kolawole Omotosho must strike out the ongoing charges against Nnamdi Kanu. Ridiculous! They have added that the current charges against Kanu amounted to a resurrection of the
\nrepealed Terrorism Prevention Amendment Act 2013. Laughable, right? In
\nIPOB\u2019s short-sighted insinuation, acts of mass murder committed and
\ncharged by the Terrorism Prevention Amendment Act 2013 \u2013 repealed in 2022 by the Terrorism Prevention and Prohibition Act (TPPA) 2022 (Section 97) stand forgiven. And as usual, the powerful Emma signed and circulated the comical statement in the hopes that Justice Omotosho
\ncould be cowed by it.<\/p>\n
\nThis, by the way, is not a first; it is rather the group\u2019s latest
\ngimmick. Given that only days ago, the Supreme Court ruled in favour of
\nthe federal government for the continuation of trial proceedings, despite IPOB\u2019s cry against what they call an illegal rendition of Kanu from Kenya. For IPOB and this sustained delusion of wanting to cut Kanu loose from terrorism charges, everything is doable. Once Justice appears closer than ever, Kanu and his sympathisers resort to a circus of acts, attempting to insult Nigeria\u2019s jurisprudence.<\/p>\n
\nAkin to precedence, Kanu and his cohorts have also upped their antics from production of fake contents\/graphics to spurn narratives in their
\nfavour in a bid to maintain leech on their remnant of gullible
\nsympathisers, to adopting despicable levels of disinformation, malicious reports, in addition to outright defamation, to gain leverage in the
\ncourts of public opinion. Eventually, in desperation, they turned to
\nharassing and embarrassing Judges in open Court to coerce or attempt to
\nhoodwink them into letting Kanu go free. However, aside from the conspiracies of terrorism and the litany of terror-related offences against Kanu, there are several acts prejudicial to judicial processes
\nthat this group and its leader have contravened. The travails of the
\nmembers of the Nigerian Judiciary in the course of Kanu\u2019s trial only climaxed with many ignoble accusations. He, Kanu, does this with ease.<\/p>\n
In open Court, Kanu called Justice Nyako shameful, disgraceful, and
\naccused her of hobnobbing with lawyers in the AGF\u2019s office and collecting bribes in hundreds of millions. He added that she was only assigned to his case in exchange for freedom for her son and husband from corruption charges. Allegations that he or any member of his legal team is yet to verify. Such antics became so damning for his case that
\nKanu Agabi, SAN, his latest senior counsel, is said to have counselled
\nNnamdi Kanu and the other members of his team, to apologise for their misdeeds in Court. I am beyond certain that Kanu is already preparing a
\nsubterfuge against Justice Kolawole Omotosho. Before the endless drift
\nto appealing for reassignment of Judges, even Justice John Tsoho, was
\nnot spared Kanu\u2019s ridiculous on the claims suggestive of bias towards
\nhis trial. Ask Hon. Justice Haruna Tsammani, who knows quite well that
\nno matter how well-intentioned one is, Nnamdi Kanu and his theatrics will certainly mudslide and defame every iota of sincerity one brings.<\/p>\n
\nMeanwhile, it is noteworthy that despite several contemptuous actions,
\nall he and his cohorts have provoked is at best a slap on the wrist. For
\ninstance, in June 2025, Barr. Aloy Ejimakor, after raising a false and reckless alarm on X with allegations that the DSS denied his client\u2019s visitation rights, he, Aloy, got away with a simple warning to either retract the claim or risk being barred from attending future trials. Linda Kanu, despite making videos of court proceedings, which she posted across social media platforms to stir controversy and intimidate Judges,
\nwent scot-free. Without charge.<\/p>\n
As the 10th October date draws near, it is expedient to caution public vigilance. For IPOB it is always well planned and orchestrated to malign and incite malicious actions, particularly hostile propaganda, against Judges and those on the prosecuting side. It shouldn’t surprise if Kanu begins to feign illness, and begins to spread blackmail that the British government is conspiring with the Nigerian government. These antics are his stock in trade.<\/p>\n
However, it should be known that the Supreme Court, in its judgment, held that the manner Kanu was
\nbrought back to the country should not be an issue; and therefore,
\nordered the continuation of Kanu\u2019s trial. Kanu himself once stated in an
\ninterview with journalists on 24th September, 2024, that he fully commits to the constitutional provision that any determination made by
\nthe Supreme Court is binding and supercedes all rulings on the said subject by any lower Court.<\/p>\n
\nAmnesty International (AI) in its report of 13th August 2025, A Decade of Impunity: Attacks and Unlawful Killings in South -East Nigeria
\nestimates that “between January 2021 and June 2023, about 1,844 people
\nwere killed in the South-East region of Nigeria.\u201d The report also cites several attacks on security agents by gunmen, leading to the unlawful killing of security agents and residents. AI further documented several cases of killings in different areas in the South-East by so-called
\n\u201cunknown gunmen,\u201d cult groups, IPOB, and its militant arm, the ESN.<\/p>\n
Nnamdi Kanu cannot then absolve himself of bloodletting or innocent lost
\nsouls, which by all standards in Nigeria, is a massive case to answer.
\nHe might as well show up honourably on 10th October. This time, it\u2019s a call for justice for scores of death and destruction of property caused by MNK in the South East, it is also a test of our dear nations judicial system. No amount of blackmail should sway justice for the slain. The judiciary must stand firm, and rule of law should be top most.<\/p>\n
Emelizie writes from Owerri, Imo State<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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