Nnamdi Kanu Frowns At fresh Charge, Says He’s Ambushed
Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), through his team of lawyers led by led by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mike Ozekhome, has lamented that over one month after his case was fixed for trial, the Federal Government chose to amend the charge against him, barely 24 hours to the scheduled court hearing. POLITICS NIGERIA reports.
Barr Ozekhome (SAN) who happens to take over Kanu’s defence team on Tuesday, told the Federal High court, Abuja, that FG served the 15-count amended charge on them, late in the evening on Monday. Information Guide Nigeria
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“My lord, the proposed amended charge was served on us yesterday evening. As I speak to you my lord, the Defendant who was just brought in has not even seen the charge which he is being told to enter his plea”. jamb results
“With due respect, that is not Justice. It is ambushing. I know that the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, ACJA, allows them to amend, but this is the 6th amendment they are making, and each time they do it, they serve us a day to the hearing, just to frustrate the trial”, Ozekhome lamented”.
Kanu’s trial will continue today, Wednesday.