Crime
BREAKING: Again Court strikes out FG’s amended charge against IPOB leader Kanu
By Ezurike Ugochukwu
A six-count amended charge brought against the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu has been struck out at the Federal High Court, Abuja, this Wednesday.
The Court presided over by Justice Binta Nyako threw away the fresh charges following its withdrawal by counsel to the Federal Government, Adamu Kaatu.
Kaatu who opted to withdraw the new charges when it was discovered the trial cannot be opened when an amended charge is pending, as it has become expedient for the government to open the trial of Kanu after years of delay,
Given the desperate need for witnesses to be called for evidence against Kanu, the government lawyer hurriedly applied for the withdrawal which was not opposed by Mike Ozekhome (SAN) lead Counsel to Kanu.
Justice Nyako, in a brief ruling, struck out the amended charge to pave way for the Federal Government to open its case against Kanu.
It will be recalled that since the arraignment of Kanu in 2015,
the Federal Government had six times amended charges against him.
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