Nnamdi Kanu asks court to defer November 20 judgment in terrorism trial

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The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to halt its plan to deliver judgment in the terrorism case brought against him by the Federal Government.

Kanu is facing a seven-count terrorism charge marked FHC/ABJ/CR/383/2015, in which the Federal Government alleged that he led a separatist movement seeking the secession of the South-East, parts of the South-South, and some communities in Kogi and Benue states from Nigeria.

He was also accused of inciting violence and killings through broadcasts allegedly transmitted across the country, as well as illegally importing a radio transmitter.

Kanu pleaded not guilty to the charges.

While the prosecution closed its case after calling five witnesses, Kanu had initially listed 23 individuals he intended to summon in his defence.

He later withdrew this list, insisting that he would not defend a charge he described as invalid and containing offences unknown to the law.

At the last sitting, after Kanu failed to open his defence despite being granted six days to do so, Justice James Omotosho proceeded to fix a date for judgment, having given him multiple opportunities. Punch