Kidnapping; Police Mum Over Allegation DPO Bringing People To Edo Illegally
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Nigeria Police Force under the leadership of the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun has kept mum since a video went viral on social media platforms, wherein, allegation of bringing people illegally to settle inside forest in Edo State was made against the Divisional Police Officer, the DPO who is currently serving at the Divisional Police Headquarters at Ugboha community in the Esan South-East local government area in the state, a state that have witnessed rampant cases of kidnappings in recent time, especially since the beginning of this year, despite the fact that the Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo has executed the destruction of numbers of houses or properties of apparent innocent landlords or people who may not have direct connection with the crime, it may be recalled that early 2025, the Governor demolished a residential property on College road simply because it was linked to a kidnapping gang operating in the Aduwawa, Eyaen, and Benin-Auchi road bypass axis, even when the building belonged to a woman based in Italy, just that, her brother, Osamede Asemota, the alleged key leader of the gang, allegedly used it to coordinate abductions, t #OsazuwaAkonedo
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Nigeria Police Force under the leadership of the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun has kept mum since a video went viral on social media platforms, wherein, allegation of bringing people illegally to settle inside forest in Edo State was made against the Divisional Police Officer, the DPO who is currently serving at the Divisional Police Headquarters at Ugboha community in the Esan South-East local government area in the state, a state that have witnessed rampant cases of kidnappings in recent time, especially since the beginning of this year, despite the fact that the Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo has executed the destruction of numbers of houses or properties of apparent innocent landlords or people who may not have direct connection with the crime, it may be recalled that early 2025, the Governor demolished a residential property on College road simply because it was linked to a kidnapping gang operating in the Aduwawa, Eyaen, and Benin-Auchi road bypass axis, even when the building belonged to a woman based in Italy, just that, her brother, Osamede Asemota, the alleged key leader of the gang, allegedly used it to coordinate abductions, t #OsazuwaAkonedo
Police, Soldiers In Mass Action In Edo Over Rampant Kidnapping
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Lawyer States How Omotosho Was Unprofessional, Biased In Nnamdi Kanu's Case
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00:00Nigeria Police Force under the leadership of the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokan has kept mum since her
00:08video went viral on social media platforms, wherein, allegation of bringing people illegally to settle inside forest in Edo State
00:17was made against the Divisional Police Officer, the DPO who is currently serving at the Divisional Police Headquarters of Uboa
00:24community in the Essen Southeast local government area in the state,
00:29a state that have witnessed rampant cases of kidnappings in recent time, especially since the beginning of this year, despite
00:36the fact that the Edo State Governor, Munde Okpabolo has executed the destruction of numbers of houses or properties of
00:44apparent innocent landlords or people who may not have direct connection with the crime, it may be recalled that early
00:502025, the governor demolished a residential property on College Road simply because it was linked to a kidnapping gang operation.
00:59operating in the Aduawa, Iyan, and Beninauchi Road bypass axis, even when the building belonged to a woman based in
01:06Italy, just that, her brother, Osamede Asimota, the alleged key leader of the gang, allegedly used it to coordinate abductions.
01:14This is just one of many properties demolished by the Edo State government over kidnapping in the state, yet, records
01:22of kidnappings in the state continued to grow higher, and recent police and military arrests indicated that Edo State is
01:29perhaps under siege of foreign invaders who may have taken over larger part of the state forest to coordinate kidnappings
01:37in the state while working with some of the local residents to perpetuate the criminal act.
01:42It may be interesting to note that, another set of non-indigenes of the state arrested by the police recently
01:48included two persons caught inside the specialist hospital in Auchi, the two suspects who were said to be non-indigenes
01:56of the state were among the gang of kidnappers behind the abduction of Dr. Abu Babatunde,
02:01who regained his freedom after his family reportedly paid a sum of 50 million Naira's ransom after the doctor and
02:09his younger brother were abducted on January 2, 2026,
02:13while opening the gate to their residence along City Pride Road, Igbira Camp, Auchi, and unfortunately,
02:20the younger brother was later found dead on January 5 near the Orley River along City Pride Road,
02:26with police suspecting he was killed by the abductors, and the alleged illegal settlers who confessed the Ugboha DPO as
02:34their facilitator,
02:35are said to be non-Nigerians from foreign countries.
02:38According to one of the vigilantes who caught the illegal settlers, the arrested illegal settlers in the forest will be
02:45taken to the station.
02:46The vigilante member also said the illegal settlers are not Nigerians,
02:51and close watchers said people are brought in and smuggled into Edo forests illegally and such people may be responsible
02:58for the act of kidnapping in the state.
03:00Available records indicated that the kidnapping situation in the state is currently happening almost daily with numbers of the state
03:08residents
03:08and indigenes also recorded dead or killed by kidnappers since Governor Munday Okpebolo came into power.
03:15On the recent arrest of two suspects at the specialist hospital in Auchi,
03:19the Edo State Command Public Relations Officer, Eno Ikiodom,
03:24the first breakthrough came on 3 February 2026.
03:28Operatives of the Auchi Division,
03:30while conducting a routine bush-combing operation in collaboration with local hunters and vigilante groups,
03:36at Warakay Forest,
03:38and, following a lead on an intelligence,
03:40intercepted one Samanu Kawuji,
03:43male,
03:44and,
03:44a search conducted on the suspect led to the recovery of two knives,
03:49two mobile phones,
03:50one UBO ATM card,
03:52and the sum of 20,000,
03:54250 naira.
03:56An identification parade was conducted at the police,
04:00station and he was identified by one of the abductors of Dr. Abu Babatunde.
04:05Similarly,
04:06on the 8th of February 2026 at about 9 o'clock hours,
04:10the divisional police officer,
04:12following a lead on the same case mobilized operatives to the specialist hospital,
04:17Auchi,
04:18where two suspects identified as Idris Abu Bakar,
04:21male,
04:22and Sani Abu Bakar,
04:23male,
04:24were apprehended at the hospital premises.
04:26Both suspects have also been identified as part of the gang that abducted Dr. Babatunde on February 1st,
04:342026.
04:35Idris Abu Bakar was identified as the particular person who received ransom money for the release of Dr. Abu.
04:43Efforts have been intensified towards conducting a comprehensive and discreet investigation aimed at dismantling the entire notorious organized criminal network
04:52responsible for the kidnappings in Auchi and its environs.
04:56The Commissioner of Police,
04:58Hido State Command,
04:59CP Monday Agbonica,
05:02reassures members of the public of the command's resolve to pursue all kidnapping cases to a logical conclusion and bring
05:08perpetrators to justice,
05:10while sustaining aggressive bushcombing operations and intelligence-led policing across the state.
05:15The command can be reached on the following numbers,
05:18Emergency Control Room Numbers,
05:2708077773721 and 08037646272 and for complaints.
05:36Public Complaints Bureau,
05:39PCB 081509999335.
05:47Complaints Response Unit,
05:49CRU 081003899992.
05:56Meanwhile,
05:58a lecturer with the federal polytechnic,
06:00Auchi,
06:01Issa Abdulaziz had earlier on Sunday,
06:04posted on his Facebook wall that,
06:06Dr. Abu Babatunde,
06:08reported for duty today,
06:09Sunday February 8th,
06:112026,
06:12at the Edo State University Teaching Hospital,
06:15unaware that his routine workday would reopen one of the darkest chapters of his life.
06:20While on ward rounds,
06:22Dr. Babatunde noticed some individuals who had come to visit a patient.
06:27In a chilling moment of recognition,
06:29he identified among the members of the same kidnapping gang that abducted him and his younger brother,
06:35a tragic incident that ended with the killing of his brother while attempting to escape from the den.
06:40Acting swiftly,
06:42Dr. Babatunde immediately alerted the local security outfit,
06:46popularly known as the Vigilante.
06:48However,
06:50under circumstances that remain unclear,
06:52the information reportedly leaked to the police before the Vigilante team could arrive.
06:57Police officers moved in promptly,
07:00arresting two of the suspects and detaining them today,
07:03Sunday February 8th,
07:042026,
07:05at the Divisional Police Station in Auchi.
07:08Fresh accounts emerging today further deepened the case.
07:12One of the individuals who participated in delivering the ransom that secured,
07:16Dr. Babatunde,
07:17release has identified one of the arrested suspects as being among those who physically received the ransom on the day
07:24the payment was made.
07:26Another report indicates that,
07:28just last night,
07:29the two suspects carried out POS transactions at a stand within Auchi,
07:34raising fresh questions about the source of the funds.
07:37A significant sum of money was allegedly found in their possession at the time of arrest today,
07:43an amount investigators believe is inconsistent with the known means and strongly suggestive of criminal activity.
07:49As this report is being filed today,
07:52credible sources confirm that pressure is already being mounted on the Divisional Police Officer in Auchi to release the suspects.
07:59This development has sparked widespread concern within the community.
08:04Notably,
08:05during a recent meeting with Auchi youth bodies,
08:08the DPO was reportedly overheard stating that the case had become widely publicized and could no longer be swept under
08:15the carpet,
08:16an indication that attempts may already be underway to compromise the process.
08:20For a community long traumatized by kidnapping and violent crime,
08:25today's arrests represent a critical moment.
08:29The people of Auchi and its environs are watching closely.
08:32The Edo state government must now take decisive responsibility.
08:36Governor Monday Okkabolo is urged to ensure that investigations are thorough and transparent and that,
08:42if the suspects are found guilty,
08:44the full weight of the Edo state anti-kidnapping law is applied without interference.
08:50Justice for Dr. Abu Babatunde,
08:52for his murdered brother,
08:54and for countless victims across Edo North must not be delayed or denied.
08:59Today must mark a turning point,
09:01not another missed opportunity.
09:04What do you mean?
09:06What do you mean?
09:08What do you mean?
09:09What do you mean?
09:09What do you mean?
09:10What do you mean?
09:10Speak English!
09:11Speak English!
09:11Do you not speak English?
09:13What do you mean?
09:14Speak English!
09:15Speak English!
09:15Who is speaking English?
09:16Uh-huh
09:17Who is speaking?
09:18I don't speak English.
09:19I don't speak English.
09:20Nobody is speaking English.
09:21Who's police did you mention your name?
09:23I'm on Ogoa.
09:23Ugoa.
09:24Ugoa DPO.
09:25You can't speak English.
09:27Ok.
09:28We will speak English.
09:29No problem.
09:37you know this community are you in nigeria
09:41are you in nigeria why don't you tell me to see your ID card
09:44you give me
09:47because the press won't you go
09:53DPO for you
09:59if you don't want to
10:01I'll tell you the link
10:02you're here
10:06okay
10:06I work out.
10:08Where did you dip your death here, you guys?
10:10Deliver with us.
10:12We didn't go for my left.
10:13Hey, yeah, boy.
10:14Hey, yeah, with you, huh?
10:15Hey, roll it.
10:18Oh, oh, where now?
10:19Hey, boy.
10:19No, do that scooter.
10:21No, do that scooter.
10:25Where do you want to do that with the hungry?
10:27We want to do that with the hungry.
10:30Hey, zaba, zaba, tell you.
10:32Zaba.
10:33Zaba.
10:35Oh, you know what I'm doing.
10:37You don't go drop my frustration.
10:40Zaba.
10:42There's a lot of people asking what's going on.
10:42They're looking at me.
10:46Whoa.
10:47You didn't look at me.
10:48Hey, look at me.
10:49Look at me.
10:52Zaba.
10:54Oh, yeah, yeah.
10:56You're standing.
10:57Day after the Edo State Commissioner of Police, Monday, Hagbonika personally led troops
11:03of joint security operatives at the dead of the night to launch offensive attacks against kidnappers
11:08in the forest. The commander, forebrigade of the Nigerian army, Brigadier General Ahmed Balogun
11:14also personally led troops of joint security operatives to the kidnappers' hideouts and
11:20launched massive military clearance and offensive actions against kidnappers. Both security
11:25operations led to the arrest of several suspected kidnappers allegedly caught in the act inside the
11:31bush, with the identities of the arrested suspects indicating that most of the kidnappers terrorizing
11:37Edo State are from the far northern part of Nigeria, an observation which appeared to have
11:43challenged the public policy statement made earlier in January 2026 by the Edo State Governor,
11:50Monde Okkabolo who stated that many of those involved in the kidnapping surge in Edo State
11:55are indigenes of the area, saying, that may be the reason some kidnappers wears face masks
12:01The governor made this statement as kidnapping in the state appeared to have become worse in 2026 and
12:07very rampant in a manner that indicated that an average of one to two persons are being kidnapped
12:13in a day in Edo State as more than 60 persons became new victims of the increasing criminal activities in
12:20the state since the beginning of 2026. Like, in January 2nd, 2026, two brothers, Dr. Abu Ibrahim Babatunde, a medical
12:30doctor on housemanship and Abu Tahir, a fresh graduate were kidnapped at the gate of their residence along City Pride
12:36Road.
12:37Higbira Kambinouchi, the kidnappers initially demanded the 200 million Naira's ransom
12:43and tragically, on January 5th, one of the two brothers was found dead. On January 9th, 2026, eight indigenes of
12:51a Moga community in the Akoko Edo local government area of the state were abducted from a hotel along a
12:58billow road.
12:59Since the start of 2026, Edo State has experienced a significant surge in kidnappings, leading to widespread protests at Ikpoma
13:08in the Edo Central Senatorial Zone with multiple police rescue operations including the incidents reported early February 2026,
13:17where police rescued nine victims including five children and a separate group of 14 victims. This is that, earlier on
13:26January 22nd, 2026, a farmer named Monday Adaro was kidnapped and later rescued and in late January, another farmer, Abraham
13:36Udwar, and his two wives, Brinda and Anna were abducted from a Goro Amende community but successfully rescued by security
13:43forces.
13:44In mid-January, Ake Fever and a former student union leader were kidnapped in Edo Central, troubled by the surge
13:53in kidnapping in the state. Residents and students of Ambrose Alley University, AAU staged a major protest on January 10th,
14:022026, citing daily kidnappings and the abduction of a university professor and numerous students.
14:09On February 2nd, 2026, a family of nine was ambushed at Ekoa Beku Ioa Road in Ovia Northeast local government
14:18area and the kidnappers demanded a 260 million nairas ransom for four children and two women still held after five
14:26others were rescued or released.
14:28That aside, on January 31st, 2026, gunmen intercepted a commercial bus near Ekoa Beku Ioa, shooting the driver and taking
14:37passengers into the bush. Police later rescued 13 victims.
14:41In mid-January 2026, multiple residents in Iqpoma were abducted, including a victim captured on CCTV being taken from his
14:50compound.
14:51According to Captain Kennedy Anyanwu, the Assistant Director of Army Public Relations at 4 Brigade Nigerian Army, Troops of 4
15:00Brigade Nigerian Army, in collaboration with personnel of the Nigerian Air Force, Edo State Police Command, the Nigerian Security and
15:09Civil Defense Corps, NSCBC, and the Edo State Security Corps, on the 4th of February 2026 conducted a clearance operation,
15:19codenamed Operation.
15:20Iqbo Danu 1 to neutralize, flush out terrorists, kidnappers and rescue victims of the Sara community in Etsuko West local
15:29government area as well as Auchi and Okpele communities all in Edo North Senatorial District of Edo State.
15:35During the operation, eight suspected kidnappers and illicit drug peddlers were arrested.
15:41The suspects were identified as Jamilu Muhammad, 25, Qasim Abu, 33, Rimo Afiz, 31, Suleiman Hamisu, 36, Lawan Umaru, 25,
15:55Bawa Awal, 24, Musa Umaru, 40, and Amodu Atai, 50.
16:01Weapons recovered from the suspects include one English auto-pump action gun, four live cartridges, and one locally made pistol.
16:09Other items seized were a point-of-sale, POS, machine, two cutlasses, a Nikon digital camera, two Android phones, a
16:19metal hook, five bottles of codeine syrup, two Indian hemp-weighing scales, and quantities of substances suspected to be cannabis
16:27sativa, tramadol, ice, loud and collos.
16:30The sum of 87,550 nairas was also recovered.
16:36The suspects and recovered items have been handed over to the Edo State Police Command for further investigation.
16:43In a related development, troops of four brigade, in conjunction with the Edo State Police Command also combed the Avili
16:51Forest in Etsuko West local government area aimed at flushing out suspected terrorists and kidnappers.
16:57During the raid, five suspected kidnappers, Issyaka Abu Bakar, 37, Muhammad Abu Bakar, 25, Yusuf Abu Bakar, 24, Muhammad Somu,
17:0920, and Issyaka Ibrahim, 30, were arrested.
17:14Items recovered from them include two motorcycles, two Android phones, and a power bank.
17:19The suspects and recovered items were also handed over to the police for further investigation.
17:26The commander, four brigade, Brigadier General Ahmed Balagun, who led the operations, commended the swift response and collaboration among the
17:35security agencies.
17:37He warned that Edo State will be untenable for terrorists, kidnappers and other criminal elements to carry out the nefarious
17:44activities.
17:44He also reaffirmed the brigade's commitment to safeguarding lives and properties in the state.
17:51He expressed appreciation to the general officer commanding, two division, Nigerian Army, Major General Shinidu Nebafay, for his strategic guidance
18:01and support.
18:01While ASP Edo State Police Command, public relations officer, had stated that, in continuation of the joint clearance operations,
18:12a meticulously executed night operation that underscores the resolve of synergized security forces to confront crime at its roots was
18:19conducted.
18:20The Edo State Police Command, in the early hours of Tuesday, the 3rd of February 2026, carried out a daring
18:28raid deep within the Agbede Forest,
18:30Etsico West local government area of Edo State, leading to the arrest of six suspects.
18:36The operation was launched following a critical intelligence breakthrough provided by a kidnapped victim who was able to clearly identify
18:44the forest camp where he had been held captive.
18:47Acting decisively on this lead, the Commissioner of Police, Edo State Command, CP Munday Agbonica,
18:55personally led a formidable joint team comprising the Nigeria Police Force, the Nigerian Army,
19:01the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, the Edo State Security Corps, ESSC,
19:09and local hunters into the heart of the forest under the cover of darkness.
19:13Demonstrating precision and determination, the joint team drove for approximately 3, 3, hours until the end of the last accessible
19:22motorable road.
19:23From that point, the operatives advanced on foot, navigating dense forest paths and crossing 3, 3, locally constructed wooden bridges
19:32to reach the identified camp.
19:34The silent advance, which lasted close to 2, 2, additional hours, ensured tactical surprise and prevented any compromise of the
19:43mission.
19:44Upon arrival at the location at about 3.45 a.m., the area was swiftly cordoned off in a well
19:51-coordinated encirclement, effectively cutting off all escape routes.
19:56A thorough sweep of the camp resulted in the arrest of 6 suspects identified as Mikel Jendiga, male, aged 41
20:05years, from Benawai State,
20:07Yusuf Abu Bakr, male, aged 34 years, from Kano State, Isyaka Abraham, male, aged 30 years, from Kobi State,
20:18Isyaka Abu Bakr, male, aged 37 years, from Kano State, Mohamed Sumo, male, aged 20 years, from Kano State,
20:30and Mohamed Abu Bakr, male, aged 25 years, from Kano State.
20:36The suspects are currently being profiled and subjected to intensive investigation by officers of the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID,
20:46Benin City, for diligent prosecution.
20:49Describing the operation as a clear message to criminal elements, the Commissioner of Police commends the courage, discipline,
20:56and seamless inter-agency collaboration displayed by all personnel involved.
21:01He reaffirms the command's determination to take the fight against organized crime to the abode of suspected criminals at their
21:08most remote locations
21:09and warned that Edo State forests will no longer serve as safe havens for criminals.
21:15The Edo State Police Command urges members of the public to remain vigilant and to continue supporting security agencies with
21:22timely and credible information,
21:24assuring citizens that sustained intelligence-led operations will remain a key strategy in securing lives and property across the state.
21:33Ossasua Koneedo, bringing youth the news in a more digital way.
21:38In this write-up, a legal practitioner, Njoku Jude Njoku pinpoints some fundamentals in the judgment passed against Mazi Namdekanu,
21:47by Justice James Omotosho which convicted and sentenced the Biafra Republic agitation leader to life imprisonment,
21:54and in this press release the legal practitioner issued in late 2025 entitled,
21:59The 24th of November 2025, the day evidence ceased to matter in Nigerian courts, judicial silence, selective justice, and media
22:09complicity,
22:10described Justice Omotosho as unprofessional, stating that,
22:14The most dangerous aspect of the judgment delivered by Justice James K. Omotosho,
22:19is not merely that it reached a foreordained conclusion,
22:22but that it did so by deliberately suppressing evidence he already admitted on record in his own court,
22:28thereby converting adjudication into a procedural facade.
22:32This was not an error of law or an oversight of fact.
22:35It was a calculated refusal to engage with material evidence whose evaluation would have fatally undermined the prosecution's narrative,
22:44empasing that,
22:45This case is no longer about one man.
22:47It is about whether courts may openly disregard admitted evidence and still be treated as legitimate,
22:54and whether the media will continue to mask such conduct through silence,
22:58a judiciary that can ignore evidence without explanation has ceased to function as a court of law,
23:03a media that refuses to question that silence has abdicated its public duty,
23:08together,
23:09they place the rule of law itself in existential peril.
23:13Continuing,
23:14In details,
23:15Injoku said,
23:17Once evidence is admitted,
23:18it binds the judge absolutely.
23:20The conduct,
23:22protest,
23:23silence,
23:23or alleged boycott of the defendant,
23:26Mazinamdikano,
23:27is legally irrelevant to that obligation.
23:30Judgment writing is not a negotiation with the accused.
23:33It is a solitary judicial duty anchored exclusively to the evidentiary record.
23:38A judge may reject defense evidence,
23:41but he must first confront it, evaluate it, and explain why it is rejected.
23:46Silence is not neutrality,
23:48silence is suppression.
23:50Had Justice Omatosho evaluated the admitted video exhibit of Theophilus,
23:55T.Y.,
23:56Danjuma,
23:57he would have been confronted with the inescapable reality that public calls for communities to arm themselves
24:02in self-defense against murderous violence were not unique to Nnamdi Kano,
24:07nor criminalized when made by powerful establishment figures,
24:11proper evaluation would have compelled the court to accept that Kano's calls for guns and bullets in Los Angeles, USA,
24:18or during broadcasts were framed as community self-defense against the ravages of armed Fulani killer herders,
24:24not incitement to lawless violence.
24:28Had Justice Omatosho evaluated the admitted video evidence of Governor Hope Uzudanma,
24:33he would have known,
24:34because Uzudanma stated it publicly,
24:37that neither Nnamdi Kano nor the IPOB had any hand in the killing of Ahmed Gulag.
24:42That single evaluation would have punctured one of the most politically weaponized allegations surrounding this case.
24:49Had Justice Omatosho listened to his fellow Yoruba kinsmen and Nigeria's intelligence chief,
24:56Adeola Oluwatosan Ajayi,
24:58whose statements were also admitted in evidence,
25:00he would have been forced to acknowledge that the formation of armed vigilante groups for community defense
25:06was openly endorsed at the highest levels of Nigeria's security establishment.
25:10That acknowledgement would have led inexorably to the conclusion
25:14that Kano was right to form to defend Igboland when the state failed to do so.
25:19Had Justice Omatosho evaluated the evidence surrounding Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry report on ENCE's violence,
25:27he would have seen the documentary trail showing that Nnamdi Kano repeatedly wrote to and consulted southeast governors,
25:33urging them to establish a regional security outfit similar to Emotekan.
25:38Their refusal, not Kano's, ambition, precipitated the formation of ESN.
25:44Proper judicial evaluation would have made clear that ESN was conceptually and functionally analogous to Emotekan,
25:52differing only in political acceptance, not in purpose.
25:56Had Justice Omatosho reviewed and evaluated the admitted report on ENCE's violence,
26:01he would have been confronted with authoritative findings that squarely blamed killings and violence on the army and police,
26:08not on Nnamdi Kano.
26:09That report decisively dismantles the lazy and dishonest attribution of nationwide violence to IPOB broadcasts
26:17and would have stripped the prosecution's claims of moral and evidentiary legitimacy.
26:22Had Justice Omatosho paid even minimal attention to chronology,
26:26he would have known that attributing post-June 2021 insecurity in the southeast to Nnamdi Kano
26:32is factually and logically impossible.
26:35From June 2021 onward, Kano was held in underground DSS detention,
26:41incommunicado, without access to telephones, visitors, counsel, or even his wife.
26:47A man locked in solitary confinement, denied all external communication,
26:52cannot simultaneously be directing events outside detention walls.
26:56Time itself disproves the allegation.
27:00The failure to reconcile alleged acts with undisputed detention timelines is not a minor evidentiary lapse.
27:06It is a collapse of basic judicial reasoning.
27:10Courts that ignore timelines abandon causation,
27:12and once causation is abandoned,
27:15conviction becomes a matter of narrative convenience rather than proof.
27:19These were not speculative arguments.
27:21They were admitted exhibits.
27:23Their collective evaluation would have collapsed the architecture of the conviction.
27:27That is precisely why they were ignored.
27:30The refusal to evaluate this evidence was not accidental.
27:34It was not procedural.
27:36It was outcome-driven.
27:37Justice Omatosho ignored them because he was operating under an overriding imperative to convict by all means,
27:44regardless of the evidentiary record.
27:46This is the gravest danger such a judgment poses.
27:49It signals to the judiciary that evidence may be admitted, buried, and erased at the judgment stage without consequence.
27:57Even more disturbing is the silence of major international media organizations,
28:02none of which asked the most basic question any law student would pose.
28:07Why did the court ignore defense evidence it had itself admitted?
28:10By reproducing the conclusions of the judgment without interrogating its evidentiary omissions,
28:16these media houses became unwitting accomplices in the laundering of judicial misconduct.
28:22This case is no longer about one man.
28:25It is about whether courts may openly disregard admitted evidence and still be treated as legitimate,
28:31and whether the media will continue to mask such conduct through silence.
28:35A judiciary that can ignore evidence without explanation has ceased to function as a court of law.
28:41A media that refuses to question that silence has abdicated its public duty.
28:47Together, they place the rule of law itself in existential peril.
28:52Who is N'Joku Jude N'Joku, Esquire?
28:55According to Google Gemini, N'Joku Jude N'Joku, Esquire is a United Kingdom-based human rights lawyer
29:02and a key legal advisor to the leader of the indigenous people of Biafra, IPOB, Namdi Kano.
29:09His recent professional activities include
29:12Legal representation
29:13He serves as a legal consultant for Kano and is a prominent member of the Marzi Namdi Kano Global Defense
29:20Consortium.
29:21Critique of extradition
29:23He has accused the Nigerian government of violating local and international laws,
29:28specifically the African Charter on Human and People's Rights,
29:32regarding Kano's, forceful extradition, from Kenya in 2021.
29:37Judicial advocacy
29:38He has frequently criticized the Nigerian judiciary,
29:42describing certain rulings as, procedural theater,
29:46and suggesting that Nigerian judges require refresher courses on
29:49judicial English, due to what he terms a crisis in the comprehension of laws.
29:55Recent filings
29:56As of late January 2026,
29:59he has been involved in rejecting court rulings that struck out applications for Kano's transfer to facilities closer to Abuja,
30:06vowing to pursue these matters on appeal.
30:11Ossazooa Anadno, bringing youth to news in a more digital world.
30:16Ossazooa Anadno, bringing youth to news in a more digital world.
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