Nnamdi Kanu: Nigerian Govt abandoned appeal, time has elapsed – Defence team
A lawyer, Onyedikachi Ifedi, has declared that the Nigerian government has abandoned the appeal filed by the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, to challenge his conviction. Ifedi, a member of the Mazi Nnamdi Global Legal Consortium, in a statement on Tuesday, said the time for the government to file a […] Nnamdi Kanu: Nigerian Govt abandoned appeal, time has elapsed –…
Nnamdi Kanu's legal team has announced that Nigeria has abandoned the appeal against his conviction, as the time for the government to respond has expired. Onyedikachi Ifedi, a member of the Mazi Nnamdi Global Legal Consortium, made the statement, emphasizing that the government had failed to file a response within the stipulated period.
Ifedi highlighted that Justice James Omotosho, who presided over Kanu's trial, committed numerous errors, and the charge on which Kanu was prosecuted was defective, rendering the court's jurisdiction questionable. The lawyer argued that the terrorism legislation cited in the charge had been repealed, invalidating the legal foundation of the case.
Despite the conviction, Ifedi maintains that the jurisdictional failure renders the subsequent proceedings invalid, and the Court of Appeal must first determine the validity of the statutes mentioned in the charge before addressing any other aspects of the trial.
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