BIAFRA ALERT!!! DRAMA INSIDE COURT AS DSS FEAR FOR THEIR WITNESS – IPOB MEMBERS HAVE EVIL PLANS
The Department of State Service, DSS, on
Monday, told a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, that it has
uncovered plot by some pro-Biafra agitators, to invade the court and
forcefully free the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra,
IPOB, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu.
Here is the court proceedings below………………………..
The prosecuting lawyer David Kaswe announced that he came with his
witnesses, that they refused to testify, fearing for their lives. He
further argued that they complained of receiving threats from IPOB
members and would not want to come out without masks. He insisted that
their lives were worth more to them than the trial, as he prayed the
court to grant them some secrecy so that they would be able to
communicate through writing – on paper.
Reacting to his comments, Chucks Muoma (SAN) who is the lawyer to Nnamdi
Kanu, reminded the court that he had also been threatened by the DSS,
yet he was still in court.
Having listened to both parties, Justice John Tsoho of the Federal High
Court said “If everyone is afraid and being threatened then I think we
have to call on celestial being to handle this matter. The parties will
have to make up their minds whether they want the trial to continue or
not.”
Reflecting on the DSS threat on Kanu’s lawyer, Justice Tsoho said
“threat to a lawyer’s life cannot be taken lightly.” As he called for 30
minutes adjournment after this, Kanu’s lawyer, Chucks Muoma (SAN)
stated that on 10th of December 2015, when 5 charges were brought
against the defendants, he was granted bail. On the 20th January when
the case was transferred to Justice John Tsoho the court waited for the
presumed witnesses, to no avail.
Meanwhile the prosecuting counsel David Kaswe claimed the presumed
witnesses are being threatened through phone calls, while the defending
counsel stated that it is quite laughable, since defendants don’t have
their phone numbers.
Muoma asked “who is calling who? When the witnesses’ numbers have not been presented to the Court?”
He went further to read out, Nigerian Constitution from Section 351 sub1
of the application of Criminal Justice of 2015. He demanded that the
witnesses be arrested, for not showing up in Court.
Reacting to Muoma’s plea, the Prosecuting counsel stated that, his
witnesses are ready to testify in Court, pleading that the witnesses
should be granted secret trial and at least seen behind the screen while
they testify in Court.
Muoma objected him and said the ruling against secret trial has been
done, thus should be followed up. And that the witnesses cannot come
into the Court premises and keep everyone waiting, without showing up in
the Court room to testify.
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