Lawyer explains why Nnamdi Kanu's conviction is 'dead on arrival' at Court of Appeal

Amid hold successful the proceeding of the entreaty filed by IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, to situation his conviction, a lawyer has declared that the judgement delivered by Justice James Omotosho is already dormant connected accomplishment astatine the appellate court.

The lawyer, Christopher Chidera, a subordinate of the Mazi Nnamdi Kanu Global Defence Consortium, alleged that a reappraisal of the judgement shows that the proceedings justice committed a cardinal perversion of basal law justness successful convicting the agitator.

Chidera further alleged that the justice "abandoned the authoritative complaint sheet, fabricated a brand-new mentation of transgression liability aft the defence had closed, imported an uncharged statutory offence (Section 3 of the TPAA 2013) wrong his chambers, and sent Mazi Nnamdi Kanu to situation for accusations helium was ne'er called upon to answer".

According to him, nether Nigerian law law, the judge's enactment is not a insignificant gaffe that an appellate tribunal tin spot up with speech of important justice.

"This judgement changes the cardinal ground of transgression responsibility. It represents a full jurisdictional nonaccomplishment that renders the full proceeding dormant connected arrival," Chidera declared.

Faulting those who reason that the defects identified by Kanu's defence squad successful the judgement are "mere allegations", the lawyer stated: "We ar...