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#Issues #Biafra #Kanu #Nnamdi ©November 8th, 2025 ®November 8, 2025 4:31 pm Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB has said that the detained Biafra Republic agitation Leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has not forfeited his rights to defend himself before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, after the Judge, Justice James Omotosho ruled on Friday and stated that Nnamdi Kanu rights to enter defense has been forfeited and thereafter, fixed November 20, 2025 for judgement as Nnamdi Kanu was seen to have staged a defensive confrontation with angressive loud voice, challenging the court that the Federal Government allegations against him has no legal basis or any aspect of the Nigeria law that backs such allegations, this, Barrister Aloy Ejimakor, the organising Lawyer for the detained Biafra Republic agitation Leader had on Wednesday said in a written and video statement posted on his X social media account that "Nnamdi Kanu is competent enough to defend himself, especially given the “political elements” in the case which he understands better than any lawyer".

In a press release issued and made available on Friday, IPOB in the statement signed by Emma Powerful, said it "strongly condemns the new round of fake news being pushed by certain Nigerian media outlets. The false claim that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has “forfeited his right to defense” in the ongoing trial before Justice James Kolawole Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, is a desperate lie meant to mislead the public and cover up an illegal process. #OsazuwaAkonedo

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00:00Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB has said that the detained Biafra Republic agitation leader,
00:06Mazi Namdi Karnu has not forfeited his rights to defend himself before the Federal High Court
00:12sitting in Abuja. After the judge, Justice James Omatosho ruled on Friday and stated that Namdi
00:19Karnu rights to enter defence has been forfeited and thereafter, fixed November 20, 2025 for
00:26judgement as Namdi Karnu was seen to have staged a defensive confrontation with aggressive loud
00:31voice, challenging the court that the Federal Government allegations against him has no legal
00:37basis or any aspect of the Nigeria law that backs such allegations. This, Barrister Aloyeji Makaw,
00:44the organising lawyer for the detained Biafra Republic agitation leader had on Wednesday said
00:49in a written and video statement posted on his ex-social media account that, Namdi Karnu is
00:56competent enough to defend himself, especially given the, political elements, in the case which
01:02he understands better than any lawyer. In a press release issued and made available on Friday,
01:08IPOB in the statement signed by Emma Powerful, said it, strongly condemns the new round of fake
01:14news being pushed by certain Nigerian media outlets. The false claim that Mazi Namdi Karnu has,
01:21forfeited his right to defence, in the ongoing trial before Justice James Kolawole Omatosho of the Federal
01:27High Court, Abuja, is a desperate lie meant to mislead the public and cover up an illegal process.
01:34Let the truth be clear, Mazi Namdi Karnu has not forfeited anything. What is happening in court is
01:41not a fair trial but a political show. Up till today, neither Justice Omatosho nor Chief Adigboi Agbaruamalo,
01:48San, the government's lead prosecutor, has been able to point to any valid, existing law that
01:54Mazi Namdi Karnu supposedly broke. Their silence speaks volumes. It is a quiet confession that this
02:01entire case has no legal foundation. The core question remains simple. Can anyone be prosecuted
02:08or convicted without a living law that clearly defines the offence and prescribes a punishment?
02:13The answer is written in section 36, 12, of Nigeria's 1999 constitution. A person shall not
02:22be convicted of a criminal offence unless that offence is defined and the penalty therefore
02:27is prescribed in a written law. This means you cannot charge or convict anyone unless the law
02:33exists in black and white. No judge or lawyer can twist that. The Supreme Court has said the same
02:40thing many times. In Aoko vs. Fagbemi, 1961, AG Federation vs. Abu Bakr, 2007, and NNPC vs. Fawahinmi,
02:511998. Where there is no law, there can be no trial, no conviction, and no justice. But instead of obeying
03:00this clear rule, Justice Omatosho keeps trying to force Mazi Namdi Karnu to open his defence,
03:06as if pretending there's a valid case will make it real. This is wrong, it's a misuse of power and a
03:13clear violation of fair hearing. You cannot force a man to defend himself against a ghost charge.
03:20So we ask again, under which law is Mazi Namdi Karnu being tried? What act of the National Assembly
03:27defines his supposed offence? And by what right does a judge compel a defence where no offence in
03:33law exists? Nigerians deserve honest answers, not propaganda. Everyone should read section 36,
03:4112, and know their rights. It protects all of us from tyranny. Any court that ignores the
03:47constitution becomes part of the problem, not the solution. IPOB fully supports Mazi Namdi Karnu's
03:55stand in refusing to legitimise this illegality by entering a defence. The truth is unshakable.
04:01No valid law supports this case, none whatsoever. Now, Justice Omatosho says he will give judgment
04:09without even allowing final addresses from both sides. That's laughable and unheard of in criminal
04:15law. If that is truly his position, then maybe he needs to go back to law school and learn what due
04:22process means.
04:24...directives of the Supreme Court, judgment in FRN, V, Namdi Karnu, in suit number SC slash CR slash 1361 slash 2022,
04:44...delivered on the 15th of December, 2023.
04:52The reliefs I am seeking, my lord, is a blessing to me. The expounding from the records of this very
05:00criminal court, the purported plea of not guilty entered by myself, the defendant, here the applicant,
05:10on the 29th day of March, 2025, the same having been obtained under deception, coercion, and in clear
05:21violation of Section 36A of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, as amended,
05:31...and in defiance of the Supreme Court's binding directly in FRN, V, Namdi Karnu, I am asking, my lord,
05:46...for an order setting aside all proceedings conducted pursuant to the said defective plea,
05:54...including, but not limitedly, scheduling of defense, witness summons, and trial dates,
06:04...the same being founded on a loyalty agonition.
06:09...and order declaring that the second count charge, dated 29th March, 2025, disclosed no trial
06:19...of the federal defenseman to law, having been founded on repealed statutes, namely,
06:27the Terrorism Prevention Amendment Act of 2013, repealed by the Terrorism Prevention and Prohibition
06:37Act of 2022, and the Customs and Excise Amendment Act, CAPC-45, LFN, 2004,
06:49...repealed by the Nigeria Customs Services Act of 2023, and in flagrant disobedience of the Supreme Court's
07:00order for amendment, an order strapping out the charge in its entirety, from rent of jurisdiction,
07:08the same being incompetent and void of initial, and order directing the immediate release of the
07:16...of the defendant that they come from custody, there being no valid charge pending before this very
07:22court, and such other orders as this very honorable court within fit and just today, in the circumstances.
07:31...it was voted by the Supreme Court of November 25th.
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07:55this chicken concept do something and they will do it.
08:00And you are just sitting from the camp.
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08:17Your constitution says you cannot try anybody unless the law is written.
08:24Show me the written law.
08:26Show me the written law.
08:28I want you to talk to me now.
08:30Show me the law.
08:31Are you okay?
08:31Don't go close.
08:33Don't try it.
08:35Don't try it.
08:37Don't try it.
08:37Don't try it.
08:38Don't try it.
08:40Useless people.
08:42You don't know law.
08:43You don't know law.
08:44Your own constitution you don't respect.
08:49You don't go to judgment you don't respect.
08:51Then why are we the written law?
08:53Why are we the good of law, I ask?
08:56Nonsense.
08:59If you think that you're asking to join me and you're joining, you are blaming it.
09:03You are blaming it.
09:04I'm telling you that you are blaming it.
09:07Nonsense.
09:08Your constitution says you cannot try anybody unless the law is written.
09:16I'm telling you the written law.
09:17You don't written law.
09:19Don't try it.
09:20Don't try it.
09:21Don't try it.
09:22Don't try it.
09:24Useless people.
09:26You don't know law.
09:27You don't know law.
09:30Your own constitution you don't respect.
09:33You give to your own constitution you don't respect.
09:35You're blaming it.
09:36good morning yes I did yeah what what happened in court today for me continues to be travesty
09:56of justice I've always said it that in Nigeria there appear to be two sets of rules one for
10:05the evil man and another for the other Nigerians this is only what I saw in court today first of
10:13all my name is honorable be a gotcha I represent the great people of iguana my her not and my her
10:20south for her consistency I am the primary representative for Mazie Nandikano so I'm
10:28going to speak to you as a layman I'm not a lawyer
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