The DSS has for the fourth time filed fresh charges against the leader
of the indigenous people of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu in a bid to allegedly
truncate the ongoing trial and continue to keep him in custody in
perpetuity, Oriental Times learnt.
Reacting, IPOB said there is the need to draw the attention of the world
to the deliberate and calculated attempt by Buhari and his DSS henchmen
to keep delaying their leaders trial.
Their statement reads:
This case was assigned to a new judge, Justice Binta Nyako over a month
ago and all processes were filed in court by the defence team and served
on the DSS as directed by the judge. However, instead of DSS through
the Attorney General to file a counter claim to the bail application
before the judge listed for hearing today 8 November 2016, they chose to
file fresh charges, so the case will NOT commence today as scheduled.
They the DSS and Attorney General had clear 3 weeks to file their
amended charge or respond to the affidavit before the court, so the
defence lawyers can respond accordingly before the hearing today, but
they waited until close of court business yesterday evening 7 November
2016 before serving these new charges, so Mazi Nnamdi Kanu's defence
team will have no time to respond to it before the main hearing today.
It should be noted that each time Buhari fails to intimidate a judge or
is about to lose this case, he amends or brings a new charge to keep
delaying the hearing as a way of keeping Nnamdi Kanu in jail illegally.
IPOB having publically ridiculed all previous charges levelled against
our leader in a series of public lectures designed to enlighten the
world on the emptiness and impossibility of these charges, the DSS have
chosen to choose the option of amendment of charge as a way of
truncating the trial because they know they cannot win it. This is
fourth time that DSS has brought new charges in this one case.
The world must urgently consider punitive sanctions against Nigeria by
suspending all judicial and legal cooperation with the country until
this travesty of justice under Buhari is brought to an end. How can DSS
and Attorney General be allowed to keep changing and altering charges at
the very last minute as a way to continue the illegal detention of
innocent people?
Nigeria must know that mankind is watching this case with keen interest
from all over the world and today this latest episode of shame by the
DSS will be laid bare before the whole world.
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