Abuja protest: Court remands Kanu’s lawyer, brother, 10 others in prison

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri, Gabriel Ewepu & Steve Oko

ABUJA— A time aft the #FreeNnamdiKanu protest, an Abuja Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting astatine Kuje, yesterday, remanded Mr. Aloy Ejimakor, a subordinate of the ineligible squad representing the detained person of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, successful Kuje prison.

Kanu, who is answering to a seven-count coercion charge, has been successful custody of the Department of State Services, DSS, since 2021.

Ejimakor was remanded alongside Kanu’s younger brother, Emmanuel (otherwise known arsenic Fineboy), and 10 others arrested portion protesting for the unconditional merchandise of the embattled IPOB leader.

Police, successful the First Information Report, FIR, it filed earlier the court, alleged that the defendants held the #FreeNnamdiKanu protestation successful disobedience to a tribunal order, chanted warfare songs portion disrupting the escaped travel of traffic.

According to the police, they engaged successful transgression conspiracy, incited disturbance and disturbed nationalist peace, offences punishable nether sections 152, 114 and 113 of the Penal Code.

The complaint against the defendants read: “That connected 20th time of October, 2025, you (1). Barrister Aloy Ejimakor, (2). Prince Emmnauel Kanu, (3). Joshua Emmanuel, (4). Bishop Wilson Anyalewechi, (5). Barrister Okere Kingdom Nnamdi, (6). Clinton Chimeneze, (7). Gabriel Joshua, (8). Isiaka Husseini, (9). Onyekachi Ferdinand. (10). Amadi Prince, (11). Edison Ojisom, and (12). Godwill Obiama, each antheral adults of FCT Abuja were arrested by a squad of information agents successful antithetic locations wrong FCT portion involving yourselves successful inciting disturbance, and breach of nationalist Peace successful disobedience to a tribunal Order, denying different citizens the state of movement, disrupting escaped travel of postulation portion chanting warfare songs and requesting for the merchandise of Nnamdi Kanu, who is undergoing lawful proceedings astatine the Federal High Court successful a mode that threatens nationalist security.
“You thereby committed the supra mentioned offences.”

Absence of ineligible representation

Meanwhile, Vanguard learned that though the defendants, taken to the tribunal from a constabulary detention facility, were docked, they could not instrumentality their plea owing to lack of ineligible practice for them.

It was gathered that portion 1 of the defendants, Okere Nnamdi, who is besides a ineligible practitioner, elected to support himself, Kanu’s counsel, Ejimakor, pleaded for a stand-down to alteration their ineligible squad arrive.

Ejimakor’s plea was rejected by the tribunal which adjourned the lawsuit till Friday.

A subordinate of Kanu’s ineligible team, who spoke to Vanguard connected grounds of anonymity, said the lawsuit was already adjourned earlier they got to the court.

He further confirmed that a question was swiftly filed for the defendants to beryllium released connected bail.

Bail exertion stalled

However, the lawyer decried that spirited attempts to service the bail exertion connected the constabulary failed arsenic his squad was informed that the idiosyncratic that had the authorization to judge the process, was not available.

“This is the unfortunate concern astatine the moment,” the lawyer lamented.

The Federal High Court successful Abuja had successful a ruling past Friday by Justice Mohammed Umar, banned the protesters from Aso Rock Villa, the National Assembly and the Unity Fountain successful Abuja, and issued an ex parte bid that restrained organisers of the protest, led by a erstwhile statesmanlike campaigner and activist, Mr. Omoyele Sowore, from proceeding with their plan.

Police spokesman, Benjamin Hundeyin, had successful the aftermath of the protestation that took spot successful Abuja and different parts of the state connected Monday, confirmed the apprehension of Kanu’s lawyer, member and the 10 others and said they would beryllium prosecuted successful little than 24 hours aft diligent investigation.

Ejimakor speaks from Kuje prison

Meanwhile, Ejimakor, has confirmed that helium is successful detention astatine the Kuje Prison.

He disclosed his presumption successful a station connected X (formerly Twitter) yesterday, assuring supporters of his safety, portion expressing interest astir however his lawsuit was handled by the Police.

The lawyer wrote: “I americium harmless and dependable but inactive successful custody astatine Kuje prison. The ...