ECOWAS court adjourns case to Feb. 9th, charges not struck out as was earlier reported
The charges against the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu has not being squashed just as we by omission reported earlier today.
However, Nnamdi Kanu's legal counsel, Barrister Ejiofor, objected the
Federal government's application in filing for additional charges on the
grounds that the original charges has not been settled and disposed
off.
Ejiofor narrated to the panel of judges, how the Nigerian government
have been delaying his client's trial by the introduction of judicial
gimmicks to keep Kanu in unlawful detention, adding that that is what
they came to achieve today in court by the addition of fresh charges
against his client.
When called upon for his defence, the FG's counsel delayed for some
minutes before insisting that fresh charges needed to be included in the
case.
The ECOWAS court once again reiterated that his prayer for fresh charges did not have grounds in the existing constitution.
On Barrister Ejiofor’s further objection, the regional court told him to
note all the errors and present it after the FG legal representative
must have been through with his submissions.
They appears to be a moment of drama and mocking of the Federal
government's defense team when the ECOWAS judges asked them to explain
the rationale behind their absence at the last court sitting of October
5th, but they still could not give a valid reason or excuse which left
the court attendees and the entire room laughing out loud as the judges
again strongly blasted the government's legal representatives describing
it as a “silly excuse.
”Bereft of any further issues to present to the court, the FG defence
counsels, all seated down in shame as speechlessness enveloped them.
The case was finally adjourned to February 9th, 2017 for ruling.
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