…”you are a terrorist” Kanu blasts FG lawyer
By Vivian Okejeme, Abuja
The acclaimed leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, loses bid for restoration of his revoked bail and the removal from the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) to a house arrest or prison custody.
Meanwhile, Kanu had blasted the counsel to the Federal Government, Asiwaju Awomolo SAN, for perpetrating an act of illegality in a bid to prosecute him.
Ruling on the request, Justice Binta Nyako held that she found as a fact that Kanu jumped the bail earlier granted him and escaped out of the country.
The Judge also held that the sureties who stood for him in the earlier bail had applied to be discharged and had been discharged on the ground that they could not locate Kanu and did not know his whereabouts.
Therefore, she delared the application not meritorious and dismissed it.
However, the court proffered that the detained IPOB leader had Kanu’s only option is to approach the Court of Appeal to exercise his right of appeal.
On the argument that by Kanu’s lead Counsel that Supreme Court held that the earlier bail granted him ought not to have been revoked, the court said that it perused the Supreme Court judgment copy and did not see the claim of the lawyer.
At the time of this report, Kanu shouting on top of his voice is insisting not to stand trial before any court in Nigeria.
He is claiming that any attempt to put him on trial would amount to a breach of Nigeria’s Constitution and the international laws.
Reacting to the ruling, the visibly angry Kanu, told the court that he cannot be tried in Nigeria because the Supreme Court had declared his forceful rendition from Kenya, an act of illegality.
“My Lord, I don’t understand why my trial is being conducted contrary to the provision of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Kanu said.
He insisted that the Supreme Court had made a pronouncement on his issue, stressing that “Anything you do on the contrary is an act of terrorism.
“This man is a terrorist for conducting a trial in violation of an international treaty that Nigeria entered into. Once a treaty is entered into and signed, it becomes a law.
“You are a dishonest man. You are a terrorist. Who the hell are you” Kanu yelled at Awomolo.”
