File: IPOB Leader, Nnamdi Kanu
Former lead counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, Aloy Ejimakor, has explained his decision to challenge the continuation of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra’s terrorism trial, arguing that the prosecution failed to disclose where the alleged broadcasts underpinning the charges were made.
Ejimakor, who led Kanu’s defence between February 2024 and March 2025, said the omission created a fundamental jurisdictional question because the alleged broadcasts were made between 2018 and 2021, when Kanu was outside the country.
The lawyer disclosed this in a Facebook post on Friday titled, “Mazi Nnamdi Kanu: Why I opposed trial when I was lead counsel.”
He said the terrorism charges against Kanu were based on broadcasts allegedly made while he was in either the United Kingdom or Kenya, but the prosecution did not identify the foreign country from which each broadcast was made.
