JUST IN: Court adjourns Nnamdi Kanu’s trial amid protest

By Miracle Esegha, Warri

Amid protest, the Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, till May.

This was disclosed in a tweet by Kanu’s Special Counsel, Aloy Ejimakor.

Ejimakor said, “Sadly, the Supreme Court has adjourned the #MNK appeal hearing to next month.”

It would be recalled that the separatist leader had on November 3, 2022, filed an appeal at the Supreme Court against the Court of Appeal’s verdict stopping his release from the DSS custody.

Kanu appealed against the 28th October 2022 decision of the Court of Appeal, which stayed the execution of its earlier order acquitting him of all charges and directing his release from the custody of the secret police.

Before the hearing, Kanu’s Special Counsel had urged the Supreme Court to ensure justice in the trial of the IPOB leader, stressing that his matter should end today April 27.

Many prominent Igbo leaders, as well as the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, have been clamouring for Kanu’s release before President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure ends in one month, precisely, May 29, 2023.