The court, led by Justice Binta Nyako ordered an accelerated hearing of the case involving the embattled IPOB leader who is facing charges bordering on treasonable felony.

Kanu has been in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) since his arrest in June 2021.

Delivering the ruling, Justice Nyako held that the court would only grant an accelerated hearing in the matter and ordered the prosecution to call its first witness.

Counsel for Kanu, Aloy Ejimakor, expressed his displeasure over the ruling. He said the IPOB leader’s legal team cannot go on with the proceedings if not allowed to speak with their client.

Ejimakor added that it has been difficult to have a meeting with Kanu in the custody of the DSS, as their conversations were always monitored and Kanu is still wearing the same outfit which the court ordered to be changed.

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Where are the loud voices that defended the fraudulent act of Mmesoma Ejikeme? How come those who spoke up during the #NigerianElections2023 remain quiet as different non-state actors punish schoolchildren for going to school and deal with market women for going about their lawful businesses?

If these sit-at-homes are popular in the region, why would they need to be enforced? We had sit-at-homes called by the late Dr Beko Kuti’s Campaign for Democracy in Lagos during the Abacha regime, and nobody enforced them. Lagosians willingly stayed at home because they supported that act of civil disobedience against a brutal dictator.

Where are IPOBy Esukwesili and others who led the chant against Lagosians? Were they this taciturn when Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour declared himself the incoming governor of Lagos? Or when Lagos wanted to demolish structurally deficient buildings at Alaba? Or when the Lagos State House of Assembly mooted the idea of laws protecting indigenous Lagosians?

Where have your voices gone? Or do you endorse what is currently happening in the Southeast?

It is so bad that Southeast leaders are meeting in Abuja to discuss insecurity in their region. They could not meet in the Southeast. Have you ever heard that Southwest leaders met in Abuja over conditions in the Southwest?

#TableShaker by Reno Omokri

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Ruling on the bail application, Justice Nyako said the issue of Kanu’s absence in court since 2017 should be determined first before his bail application will be entertained.

She added that Kanu breached his former bail conditions which should be determined before hearing a fresh bail application.

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Daily Dates Nigeria recalls that Justice Binta Nyako in December 2021 ordered that the IPOB leader be allowed to change his outfit before his next appearance in court.

clothes with lion’s head offend the standard operating procedures

Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer, Mike Ozekhome also complained to the court that the DSS has refused to allow Kanu a change clothes contrary to a definite order of the court that he must be allowed to wear a new outfit.

Responding to Ozekhome’s complaint, the judge asked the Director of Legal Services of the DSS to provide explanations to the issue.

“My Lord, clothes that were brought for the defendant had lion’s head embroiled on them, and the defendant (Mr Kanu) can’t wear clothes with a lion’s head,” he said.

The secret service’s lawyer explained that “clothes with lion’s head offend the standard operating procedures” of the SSS.

The judge then asked the type of cloth Kanu prefers to wear.

In response, Kanu said, “I want to wear the clothes of my people, “Isi Agu.”

The court, however, refused his request but asked the DSS to provide Kanu with his eyes glasses which his lawyers said was taken away from him.

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IPOB’s spokesperson, Emma Powerful in a broadcast on Thursday, said the sit-at-home order has been cancelled to allow people in Anambra to participate in the governorship election on Saturday.

Powerful said, “The people of Anambra State should go out en masse and peacefully exercise their franchise come 6th November, 2021, and accordingly, choose a leader of their choice and should not be intimidated by anybody, group of persons or security agents.”

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Three buses were also set ablaze on Monday at Nnewi, Anambra State.

When contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Ikenga Tochukwu, confirmed the incident.

He said police operatives had been deployed in the scene, Daily Dates Nigeria.

“They were singing and shouting: ‘today is Sit-at-home. Anything sighted, even if it’s a fly must be destroyed.

“There were gunshots around Izuchukwu Park junction around 6 am.

“We couldn’t believe our eyes when we came out to see two lifeless bodies of young men. Yet, nobody could explain who was responsible.”

He added that “I can confirm to you that there was an incident in Nnewi roundabout, police operatives are currently there but details are still sketchy. Further information will be communicated please.”

Meanwhile, there was total compliance to the Sit-at-home home order in Nnewi and Onitsha areas of the state as banks, shops and markets were under lock.

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Ejimakor said this while reacting to a message he received which states that Kanu gave the order to youths while in the custody of the Department of State Services.

The message read, “Destroy Nigeria when I’m no longer there, my death can’t stop Biafra. I’m just one person out of millions of Biafrans – Nnamdi Kanu urges youths from DSS custody.

“I’ve been starved for three weeks, beaten and electrocuted, yet the more they torture me, the more my spirit gets high. I will die anyway, but Biafra will come.

“The good news of Biafra must be preached anytime, anywhere, without fear or favour.

“I’m here because of Biafra, I’m suffering here because of you. Don’t fail me, don’t disappoint me because, in the end, Biafra will come.”

Reacting, Ejimakor tweeted, “DISCLAIMER: Several persons have sent me the message below, asking if it’s true. Well, my answer is this: It’s NOT TRUE. I met Onyendu several times & he NEVER uttered such words. Pls be guided. Thank you.”

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Nigerian Government rearrested Nnamdi Kanu last Sunday and re-arraigned him before an Abuja High Court on Tuesday, June 29.

As a British citizen, Nnamdi Kanu is seeking an “unconditional release”, Daily Dates Nigeria reports.

His legal counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, in a letter addressed to the British High Commissioner, Catriona Laing, requested that the British authorities declare that Kanu is not a criminal.

Ejimakor also noted that his client only possessed a political opinion which the Nigerian governments are seeking to “suppress.”

The statement read in part, “We are solicitors to the British citizen, Mr. Okwu-Kanu (aka Nnamdi Kanu) the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on whose behalf and Instruction we write this letter to request urgent Consular assistance to be provided to him.

“He was intercepted in Kenya by Nigeria’s foreign security agents, brought to Nigeria against his will, and is currently being detained in the Directorate of State Security Services (DSS) custody in Abuja.

“Mr. Kanu is a British citizen who was traveling on a valid British passport when he was seized in a third country and forcibly brought to Nigeria.

“Based on the foregoing, we hereby seek that Mr. Kanu is granted every possible Consular assistance to which he is entitled as a British citizen.

“That Mr. Kanu be categorised as a high profile political prisoner and be rendered the highest diplomatic protection under international laws.

“That the Nigerian authorities be directed to immediately allow access to Mr. Kanu by his Lawyers, Doctors, and Family members.

“That the British authorities file a Diplomatic Note or other legal processes with Nigeria’s Federal High Court and the Office of the Attorney General indicating her sovereign interest in Mr. Kanu’s matter.”

Meanwhile, a spokesperson of the British High Commission, Dean Hurlock has earlier said the Commission is “in the process of seeking clarification” from the Nigerian government over Kanu’s rearrest, noting that the UK Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office “stands ready to provide consular assistance.”

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