Nnamdi Kanu: Nigerian Govt abandoned appeal, time has elapsed – Defence team

A lawyer, Onyedikachi Ifedi, has declared that the Nigerian authorities has abandoned the entreaty filed by the person of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, to situation his conviction.

Ifedi, a subordinate of the Mazi Nnamdi Global Legal Consortium, successful a connection connected Tuesday, said the clip for the authorities to record a effect to the entreaty had expired.

It would beryllium recalled that Kanu’s household and members of his defence squad had accused the Nigerian authorities of moving from the courtroom aft reports emerged that the entreaty had not been listed for hearing. IPOB is threatening a boycott of the 2027 predetermination successful the South-East if the entreaty was not listed and heard.

However, successful an update connected the matter, Ifedi said the authorities had abandoned the appeal, having failed to record a effect wrong the stipulated time.

He said, “Nigeria has abandoned the appeal. The Federal Government filed nothing. Time expired. No brief. No substantive defence to the appeal. That soundlessness speaks volumes.”

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