Tag: Nnamdi Kanu

Sowore, Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer, others freed from Kuje prison

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Kanu, others freed

Former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore has been released from the Kuje Prison after meeting the bail conditions granted by a Magistrate Court sitting in Kuje, Abuja.  It was earlier reported that Sowore, alongside Nnamdi Kanu’s Special Counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, Kanu’s younger brother, Prince Emmanuel Kanu, and 11 other protesters, were arrested the Nigerian police for engaging in #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest held in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, last week.  The protesters were arraigned before Magistrate Abubakar Umar Sai’id on Friday on charges bordering on unlawful assembly and disturbance of public peace. …

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Police arrest Sowore at Abuja Court

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Police arrest Sowore

..As Kanu’s trial suffers fresh setback There was heightened tension at the Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday, as human rights activist and former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, was arrested by the Police shortly after proceedings in the ongoing trial of the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Sowore, publisher of SaharaReporters and convener of the #RevolutionNow movement, had arrived at the court premises to witness the proceedings in Kanu’s terrorism trial. However, shortly after learning that the presiding judge, Justice Emeka Nwite, would…

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IPOB: “Tinubu won’t release Kanu because of illegal protests” – Presidency

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The Presidency says illegal protests, threats, and inflammatory rhetoric will not make President Bola Tinubu release the detained IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, accusing protesters of undermining the rule of law. In an issued statement yesterday, presidential spokesperson, Sunday Dare said: “Protests, threats, attempts at mob actions, and inflammatory rhetoric do not aid the judicial process. Instead, they hinder it, creating unnecessary tension and undermining the rule of law”. Omoyele Sowore and several other Nigerians took to the streets to demand Mr Kanu’s immediate release, describing his continued detention as unconstitutional.…

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#FreeNnamdiKanu: Sowore, others barred from protesting near Villa, NASS

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Sowore, others barred

The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court has restrained the publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore and others from protesting tomorrow Monday in some areas in Abuja, including the Aso Rock Villa, for the release of detained the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Nnamdi Kanu. The court also barred the protesters from anywhere close to the Presidential Villa, National Assembly, Force Headquarters, Court of Appeal, Eagle Square, and Shehu Shagari Way, pending the hearing of the Motion on notice. Justice Mohammed Umar, on Friday, granted the ex-parte…

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NANS distance itself from planned Nnamdi Kanu’s protest 

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NANS distance itself

The National Association of Nigerian Students, (NANS), has distanced itself from a planned protest allegedly being organised by activist, Omoyele Sowore and his associates in the name of the student body. Addressing newsmen at a press conference in Ibadan, Oyo state, its President, Olushola Oladoja, described the claim circulating on social media that the Association would join a ‘#FreeNnamdiKanu Protest’ slated for October 20 as false, mischievous, and politically motivated. He stressed that NANS had no affiliation with Sowore or any politically driven group, insisting that the student body remains…

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Atiku joins Sowore’s campaign for Kanu’s release

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Atiku on Kanu's release

Former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar has joined the campaign of former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, for the release of the leader of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Recall that in a post on his official X account on Wednesday, Sowore had challenged the Labour Party (LP) chieftain, Peter Obi, Atiku, Anambra State governor Charles Soludo, and other notable personalities in the South-East to march to Aso Rock for Kanu’s release. “I challenge every politician or person of good conscience from the South-East who says they want Nnamdi…

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Alleged terrorism: “You have case to answer”, court tells Nnamdi Kanu

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Court tells Nnamdi Kanu

A Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, has rejected the no-case submission made by the detained self-acclaimed leader of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, in his ongoing alleged terrorism trial. The presiding judge, Justice James Omotosho, in a ruling yesterday, held that the prosecution had established a prima facie case against Kanu to warrant that he be ordered to enter his defence. The judge, who overruled Kanu’s no-case submission, found that the evidence led by the prosecution and the exhibits it tendered had raised serious allegations…

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Terrorism: “Nnamdi Kanu confirmed he ordered Tinubu, Wike to be killed” – DSS tells court

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DSS tells court

A prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of the leader of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has said the Biafra agitator confirmed making a broadcast in which he called for the killings of President Bola Tinubu and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), Nyesom Wike. The witness said Kanu made a broadcast where he announced a ₦100 milion bounty for Wike’s head while calling for the burning of all Tinubu’s assets. The second prosecution witness disclosed this while being led in evidence by prosecuting…

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Afenifere appoints Farotimi as Secretary, demands Kanu’s release

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Afenifere appoints Farotimi

The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, has appointed lawyer, Dele Farotimi, as its National Organising Secretary of Afenifere. The group, in a communiqué issued on Tuesday, stated that “the General Meeting considered and approved the appointment of Barrister Dele Farotimi as the National Organising Secretary of the Afenifere”. The Afenifere leadership also called on President Bola Tinubu to forthwith release the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. According to the group, the fair hearing of the separatist leader may no longer be guaranteed due to controversial and…

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Immortalize Iwuanyanwu, release Nnamdi Kanu Igbo leaders beg FG

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Igbo leaders beg FG

Demand for the release of the detained leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, reverberated yesterday at the service of songs/tributes for the Late President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu. Recall that Kanu has remained in DSS custody despite pleas from several Igbo leaders for a political solution to the problem. Various speakers at yesterday’s event lamented that the release of Kanu was Iwuanyanwus last assignment from where he passed-on. They urged President Bola Tinubu to give Iwuanyanwu his last wish by releasing Kanu, just as…

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