Nnamdi Kanu News Today: I bring you all the latest update on Nnamdi Kanu news today from the very beginning of all the charges, trials, and court cases, so read till the end.
The Federal Government has filed a new terrorist allegation against Nnamdi Kanu
The federal government has modified the terrorist charges against Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader Nnamdi Kanu.
The number of counts has been raised from seven to fifteen ahead of the Federal High Court’s resumption hearing on January 18 in Abuja.
Kanu’s legal team claimed it was served on January 17 with an updated 15-count accusation that included eight new counts.
Maxwell Opara, a member of Kanu’s legal team, described the amendment as a tactic by the prosecution to delay the case, adding that they were served the updated charges while preparing to see Kanu in the State Security Service’s custody (SSS).
Opera Told To The Nation,
“My displeasure is not with the 15 useless and empty new charges, but with the planned attempt to postpone the trial and provide a pretext to keep MNK (Maxi Nnamdi Kanu) in solitary prison longer.”
“Imagine that they haven’t amended, filed, or served us since the last adjourned date, more than two months ago, but have waited until today (yesterday) to do so, with the ultimate goal of delaying the trial tomorrow.”
“Anyway, we’ll settle it in court with them.”
The charges read:
Count 1: That you Nnamdi Kanu, male, adult, of Afaranukwu Ibeku, Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia State sometimes in 2021 being a member and the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, a proscribed organization, did commit an act in furtherance of an act of terrorism against the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the people of Nigeria by a making a broadcast received and heard in Nigeria within the jurisdiction of this honorable court, with intent to intimidate the population and you threatened that people will die, the whole world will stand still and you thereby committed an offense punishable under Section 1(2)(b) of the Terrorism Prevention Amendment Act. 2013.
Count 2: That you Nnamdi Kanu, male, adult of Afaranukwu Ibeku, Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia State sometimes in 2021 did commit an act in furtherance of an act of terrorism against the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the people of Nigeria made a broadcast received and heard in Nigeria within the jurisdiction of this honorable court, with intent to intimidate the population, you issued a deadly threat that anyone who flouted your sit-at-home order should “write his/her Will’. As a result banks, schools, markets, shopping malls, fuel stations domiciled in the Eastern states of Nigeria were not opened for businesses, citizens and vehicular movements in the Eastern States of Nigeria were grounded within the jurisdiction of this honorable court and you thereby committed an offense punishable under Section 1(2)(b) of the Terrorism Prevention Amendment Act, 2013.
Count 3: That you Nnamdi Kanu, male, adult, of Afaranukwu Ibeku, Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abla State on diverse dates between 2018 and 2021 within the jurisdiction of this honorable court professed yourself to be a member and leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB, a proscribed organization in Nigeria and that you thereby committed an offense contrary to and punishable under Section 16 of the Terrorism Prevention Amendment Act, 2013.
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Count 4: That you Nnamdi Kanu, male, adult, of Afaranukwu Ibeku, Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia State on diverse dates between 2018 and 2021 made a broadcast received and heard in Nigeria within the jurisdiction of this honorable court, in furtherance of an act of terrorism against the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the people of Nigeria in which you invite members of the public in Nigeria to hunt and kill Nigerian security personnel and that you thereby committed an offense punishable under Section 1 (2) (h) of the Terrorism Prevention Amendment Act, 2013.
Count 5: That you Nnamdi Kanu, male, adult, of Afaranukwu Ibeku, Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia State on diverse dates between 2018 and 2021 made a broadcast received and heard in Nigeria within the jurisdiction of this honorable court, in furtherance of an act of terrorism against the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the people of Nigeria in which you invite members of the public in Nigeria to hunt and kill families of Nigerian security personnel and that you thereby committed an offense punishable under Section 1 (2) (h) of the Terrorism Prevention Amendment Act, 2013.
Count 6: That you Nnamdi Kanu, male, adult of Afaranukwu Ibeku, Umuahla North Local Government Area of Abia State on diverse dates between 2018 and 2021 made a broadcast received and heard in Nigeria within the jurisdiction of this honorable court, in furtherance of an act of terrorism against the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the people of Nigeria in which you invite members of the public in Nigeria to attack officers of the Nigerian Police Force and you thereby committed an offense punishable under section 1 (2) (h) of the Terrorism (Prevention) (Amendment) Act 2013.
Count 7: That you Nnamdi Kanu, male, adult, of Afaranukwu Ibeku, Umuahila North Local Government Area of Abia State on diverse dates between 2018 and 2021 made a broadcast received and heard in Nigeria within the jurisdiction of this honorable court in furtherance of an act of terrorism against the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the people of Nigeria in which you invite members of the public in Nigeria to kill officers of the Nigerian Police Force and you thereby committed an offense punishable under section 1 (2) (h) of the Terrorism (Prevention) (Amendment) Act 2013.
Count 8: That you Nnamdi Kanu, male, adult, of Afaranukwu Ibeku, Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia State on diverse dates between 2018 and 2021 made a broadcast received and heard in Nigeria within the jurisdiction of this honorable court, in furtherance of an act of terrorism against the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the People of Nigeria in which you directed members of the Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB, a proscribed organization to manufacture bombs and you thereby committed an offense punishable under section 1(2) (f) of the Terrorism (Prevention) (Amendment) Act 2013.
Count 9: That you Nnamdi Kanu, Male, Adult, of Afaranukwu Ibeku, Umuahla North Local Government Area of Abia State on diverse dates between 2018 and 2021 made a broadcast received and heard in Nigeria within the Jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, in furtherance of an act of terrorism against the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the People of Nigeria, with intent to destabilize the fundamental political and economic structures of Nigeria, you invite members of the public to stop the Anambra State Elections and you thereby committed an offense punishable under section 1 (2) (h) of the Terrorism (Prevention) (Amendment) Act 2013.
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Count 10: That you Nnamdi Kanu, male, adult, of Afaranukwu Ibeku, Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia State on diverse dates between 2018 and 2021 made a broadcast received and heard in Nigeria within the jurisdiction of this honorable court, in furtherance of an act of terrorism against the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the people of Nigeria, with intent to destabilize the fundamental political and economic structures of Nigeria, you invite members of the public to destroy public facilities and you thereby committed an ‘offense punishable under section 1 (2) (h) of the Terrorism (Prevention) (Amendment) Act 2013.
Count 11: That you Nnamdi Kanu, male, adult, of Afaranukwu Ibeku, Urnuahia North Local Government Area of Abia State on diverse dates between 2018 and 2021 made a broadcast received and heard in Nigeria within the jurisdiction of this honorable court, with intent to intimidate the population of Nigeria, in furtherance of an act of terrorism against the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the people of Nigeria threatened members of the public not to come out on Monday the 31st day of May 2021 and you thereby committed an offense punishable under section 1 (2) (h) of the Terrorism (Prevention) (Amendment) Act 2013.
Count 12: That you Nnamdi Kanu, male, adult, of Afaranukwu Ibeku, Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abla State on diverse dates between 2018 and 2021 made a broadcast received and heard in Nigeria within the jurisdiction of this honorable court, with intent to incite members of the public to stage a violent revolution in furtherance of an act of terrorism against the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the people of Nigeria and that you thereby committed an offense punishable under section 1 (2) (h) of the Terrorism (Prevention) (Amendment) Act 2013.
Count 13: That you Nnamdi Kanu, male, adult, of Afaranukwu Ibekuj Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia State on diverse dates between 2018 and 2021 made a broadcast received and heard in Nigeria within the jurisdiction of this honorable court, with intent to incite violence in furtherance of an act of terrorism against the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the people of Nigeria you directed members of the public to burn down every Federal facility in Lagos resulting in major economic loss to the Federal Government and you thereby committed an offense punishable under section 1 (2) (h) of the Terrorism (Prevention) (Amendment) Act 2013.
Count 14: That you Nnamdi Kanu, male, adult, of Afaranukwu Ibeku, Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia State on diverse dates between 2018 and 2021 made a broadcast received and heard in Nigeria within the jurisdiction of this honorable court, with intent to incite violence in furtherance of an act of terrorism against the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the people of Nigeria you directed members of the public to destroy public transport system in Lagos, resulting in major economic loss to the government and you thereby committed an offense punishable under section 1 (2) (h) of the Terrorism (Prevention) (Amendment) Act 2013.
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Count 15: That you Nnamdi Kanu, male, adult, of Afaranukwu Ibeku, Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia State on diverse dates between March and April 2015 imported into Nigeria and kept in Ubullisiuzor in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State within the jurisdiction of this honorable court, a Radio Transmitter knew as Tram SOL concealed in a container of used household items which you declared as used household items, and you thereby committed an offense contrary to section 47 (2) (a) of Criminal Code Act, Cap, C45 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004.
The former charges (before amendment)
Bright Chimezie, Chidiebere Onwidiwe, Benjamin Madubugwu, David Nwawuisi, and Kanu, in 2014 and 2015, in Nigeria and London, conspired to broadcast on Radio Biafra their plan to secede from Nigeria and form the Republic of Biafra, thereby committing an offense punishable under Section 516 of the Criminal Code Act, Cap. C77 of 2004.
Kanu illegally smuggled radio transmitters into Nigeria, which he used to disseminate “hate broadcasts”, encouraging the “secession of the Republic of Biafra”, from Nigeria.
Kanu imported a Radio transmitter known as TRAM 50L, which was concealed in a container that was declared as used household items, to use same to disseminate information about secession plans by the IPOB.
Kanu, “on or about the 28th April 2015 in London, United Kingdom did in a broadcast on Radio Biafra monitored in Enugu, Enugu state and other parts of Nigeria within the jurisdiction of this honorable court, referred to Major General Muhammadu Buhari, GCON, President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as a pedophile, a terrorist, an idiot and an embodiment of evil, knowing same to be false and you thereby committed an offense contrary to section 375 of the Criminal Code Act, Cap C. 38 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004”.
The defendants committed treasonable felony, an offense punishable under Section 41(C) Of the Criminal Code Act, CAP C38 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria.
The defendants managed the affairs of the IPOB, “an unlawful society”.
Nnamdi Kanu’s trial has been postponed till January 19 due to his objections to the FG’s new allegations.
The trial of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has been postponed until January 19 after he objected to the Federal Government’s new allegations against him.
On Monday, January 17, the Federal Government filed new terrorism charges against the arrested leader of the proscribed IPOB leader before the Federal High Court. As a result, the seven counts of treasonable felony and terrorism filed against him were elevated to fifteen.
Kanu, however, objected to the new allegations during his trial, which began this morning at the Federal High Court in Abuja.
