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The very foundations of the institutional bias that has long plagued this case will be laid bare for the world to see.
It has been decided by Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), that he will defend himself in court when his trial starts on March 21, 2025 at the Federal High Court in Abuja.
In a statement that was released on Tuesday Nnamdi Kanu’s brother, Emmanuel Kanu, shared this information.
Kanu’s decision to represent himself is intended to ensure that he receives a fair hearing without the delays that have been caused by the legal process in his case.
The statement read, “On Friday, 21 March 2025, when the trial of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu resumes before Justice James Omotosho at the Federal High Court Abuja, he will be taking the bold step of defending himself in court.
“The absence of traditional legal representation will dismantle the usual, ‘as my lord pleases’ constraints that govern judicial proceedings in Nigeria, that has for decades allowed the courts to brazenly subvert the cause of justice under a cloak of deference that shield rather than expose injustice.
“The very foundations of the institutional bias that has long plagued this case will be laid bare for the world to see.
“This decision by Mazi Nnamdi Kanu comes on the heels of successfully forcing the recusal of Justice Binta Nyako who brazenly defied the Supreme Court of Nigeria through her selective implementation of the termination contained in their judgment.
“She was hell-bent on convicting a person for exercising a right that the laws of Nigeria stated unambiguously that he could.
“The handling of this case by the Federal Government has been marred by prejudice and unfairness from day one.
“Onyendu’s shift to self-defence underscores our distrust in a system perceived to be stacked against us and the cause he champions.
“It also places an immense burden on Justice Omotosho to uphold the principles of fair hearing, fair trial, and the rule of law—principles that have too often been undermined in this politically charged sham trial.
On March 8, IREPORT247NEW reported that the case of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, or IPOB, has been removed from the jurisdiction of the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, and transferred to another judge.
The reassignment was verified in a statement that was issued on Saturday by Aloy Ejimakor, who is the attorney for Nnamdi Kanu.
The statement reads, “Yesterday (March 7), before the legal team conducted our routine visitation to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, we received two separate official letters regarding his case. The letters are momentous and somewhat pyrrhic.
“One letter was from the Honourable Chief Justice of Nigeria, responding to a recent letter we had written to her, seeking her prompt administrative intervention (as the administrative head of Nigerian judiciary) on the matter of a proper and lawful reassignment of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s case, following the recusal of the Judge that was conducting it.
“The other letter was from the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, informing us that the case has been reassigned to another Judge of the Federal High Court.
“Consequent upon these latest developments, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu instructed the legal team to publicly convey his sincere gratitudes to the Chief Justice of Nigeria for her sound administrative discretions and the despatch with which she responded to our request.
“He also expressed his profound appreciations to members of the general public who publicly expressed their support to our righteous demands that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s case be reassigned to another Judge, as the law demands.
“To be sure, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has always been ready to take his trial because he is firmly convinced of his innocence.
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