The defence team of Nnamdi Kanu has challenged the Nigerian government to stop running from the courtroom and face the appeal filed by the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, against his conviction.
Kanu is serving a life sentence in Sokoto Prison following his conviction on terrorism charges filed against him by the Nigerian government. The agitator has, however, filed an appeal to challenge the conviction.
The defence team, which spoke in a statement by a lawyer, Barrister Christopher Chidera, Esq., a member of the Global Legal Consortium to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, on Wednesday, also backed the Okwu-Kanu family’s demand for the immediate hearing of the appeal.
The family had on Tuesday disclosed that Kanu had written the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, and the President of the Court of Appeal, requesting the immediate listing and hearing of his two pending cases.
The family said Kanu’s request was
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