Attorneys for Nnamdi Kanu, the arrested leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), are demanding that the prosecution present their client in court today.
At a press conference in Abuja yesterday, the attorneys, led by Ifeanyi Ejiofor, requested that their client be shown in court.
“That tomorrow, being October 21, should be sacrosanct. Our client, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, must and shall be produced in court to face his trial,” Ejiofor , who spoke for the others, said.
Ejiofor added that the regular Monday sit-at-order in the Southeast was being observed “because people are yet to see and believe that Nnamdi Kanu is still alive.”
The lawyer claimed that over 20 indigenes of Ebonyi State, who travelled to the Federal High Court in Abuja to witness Kanu’s trial on July 26 had been arrested.
He urged security agents to allow lawyers and journalists to attend today’s proceedings.
“The show of shame openly demonstrated by the overzealous security agents on July 26 should never repeat itself,” he said, and advised IPOB members to “remain civil and be of good conduct as you have always been, because it is not everyone that will be able to access the court room.”
