The Federal High Court in Abuja has again adjourned Nnamdi Kanu’s terrorism trial to November 7 after he refused to open his defence, insisting the charges against him were invalid.
According to PUNCH reporting, the Federal High Court in Abuja has, for the fourth time, given Nnamdi Kanu, detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), another opportunity to defend the terrorism charges filed against him by the Federal Government or waive his right to do so.
Justice James Omotosho on Wednesday granted an adjournment till November 7 after Kanu maintained that there were no valid charges against him and that he would not defend what he described as a “repealed law.”
“The Terrorism Prevention and Prohibition Act has been repealed. I cannot put up a defence under a repealed law. I won’t do that,” Kanu told the court.
The prosecution had closed its case on June 19 after calling five witnesses, while the court had earlier dismissed Kanu’s no-case submission, ruling that a prima facie case had been established.
At the resumed sitting, Kanu said he was willing to open his defence after consulting his legal team, including Nnaemeka Ejiofor, Aloy Ejimakor, Maxwell Okpara, and Mandela Umegborogu.
Justice Omotosho said he was “bending backwards” once more to give Kanu another chance, explaining that the adjournment was granted “in the interest of justice, both to the defendant and to the nation.”