The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, fixed 20 November for judgment in the terrorism trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
Judge James Omotosho fixed the date after Mr Kanu’s defence was foreclosed following his insistence that he would not enter his defence under a repealed law.
“This court has given opportunity to the defendant under Section 36 as required by the constitution, and I will not allow this to continue,”
“It is based on this, without hesitation, that I say that the defendant has waived his right,” Mr Omotosho said.
The court had earlier on Friday given Mr Kanu about one hour to file a motion he said he needed to file.
Refusal to enter a defence
PREMIUM TIMES reported that the judge had, on Wednesday, given Mr Kanu the last chance to open his defence, which he had repeatedly failed to do for about one month.
The Nigerian government has been prosecuting Mr Kanu on seven charges, mostly terrorism-related, since 2015.
The charges stemmed from his alleged violent secessionist campaigns for the independence of the Igbo-dominated South-eastern part of Nigeria as Biafra.
But the dual Nigerian and British citizen has repeatedl
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