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Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, has confirmed that helium remains successful detention astatine the Kuje Prison, 24 hours aft his apprehension during the #FreeNnamdiKanu protestation successful Abuja.
Ejimakor disclosed his presumption successful a station connected X (formerly Twitter) connected Tuesday, assuring supporters of his information portion expressing interest astir however his lawsuit was handled by the police.
The quality rights lawyer wrote, “I americium harmless and dependable but inactive nether custody astatine Kuje prison. The Magistrate refused to perceive to our submissions. He insisted connected remanding america till Friday and got his way.”
Ejimakor besides alleged that the authorities deliberately took his lawsuit to a peculiar tribunal successful Kuje alternatively of immoderate of the different disposable Magistrate courts successful the city.
“For context: Keep successful caput that they bypassed respective Magistrate courts successful municipality and headed to this 1 successful Kuje,” helium stated.
Ejimakor was among those arrested connected Monday during the #FreeNnamdiKanu protest, which was led by quality rights activistic Omoyele Sowore.
It would beryllium recalled that Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu connected Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, called connected ineligible regulatory bodies successful Nigeria to authorisation Ejimakor for participating successful the ongoing #FreeNnamdiKanu protestation successful Abuja.
According to Onanuga, Ejimakor’s information successful the protestation undermines ineligible ethics, fixed that Kanu’s lawsuit is inactive earlier a competent court.
“I spotted Aloy Ejimakor, 1 of Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyers, among the tiny radical of protesters mobilised successful Abuja by Omoyele Sowore,” Onanuga wrote.
“I wonderment what Mr. Ejimakor was reasoning erstwhile helium decided to articulation this shambolic protest. As a lawyer, helium should beryllium alert of the rule of sub judice, peculiarly successful narration to the ongoing treason lawsuit earlier the court.”
Onanuga noted that the prosecution had already concluded its lawsuit and that it was present the work of Kanu’s ineligible squad to absorption connected presenting a beardown defence alternatively than engaging successful nationalist demonstrations.
The station ‘I’m harmless but inactive successful custody’ — Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer speaks from Kuje prison appeared archetypal connected Vanguard News.
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