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.