The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has filed an application at the Appeal Court to stop his trial. In the appeal filed through his Lead Counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, Kanu kicked against his trial by an Abuja Federal High Court presided by Justice Binta Nyako.
A few weeks ago, Ejimakor had declared that the court lacked the jurisdiction to entertain charges against Kanu. The Nigerian Government is prosecuting the IPOB leader on terrorism related charges. In the application filed by Ejimakor at the Court of Appeal, Ejimakor argued, 'The Appellant filed this appeal against the Ruling of the Federal High Court, Abuja Division coram: B.F.M Nyako, J. delivered on the 19th March, 2024.
'The Respondent’s act of eavesdropping on the Appellant’s confidential consultations/conversations with his Lawyers on matters relating to preparation of Appellant’s defense during the Lawyers’ visitations with the Appellant amounts to denial of Appellant’s right to be given adequate facilities for the preparation of his defence and to be defended by legal practitioners of his own choice and is thus an egregious violation of Appellant’s constitutional right to Fair Hearing as guaranteed...
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