Kanu made the vow on Saturday, according to a former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, who said he spoke with him
Browsing: Ifeanyi Ejiofor
The trial judge, Justice Binta Nyako, fixed the date after the court had ordered the prosecution to serve the sureties with an earlier order of court
The judgment, delivered by the Acting Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Abdul Abdu-Kafarati, on September 15, 2017, also proscribed the activities of IPOB in Nigeria
The position of the court was in response to the application by IPOB to reverse the order proscribing it and designating it a terrorist organisation
The judge gave the order on Tuesday when Ifeanyi Ejiofor, counsel to Kanu, told the court he could not explain the whereabout of his client
The lawyers said failure of the government to arrest the two men, LAWCONS shall be forced to approach a competent court of law to compel the security agencies to arrest Kanu, Powerful and Ejiofor immediately
Kalu was attacked by IPOB and the lawyer over his claim that Kanu had fled to the United Kingdom via Malaysia
The request is contained in a suit filed by Kanu’s lawyers, led by Ifeanyi Ejiofor
He said: “We demand that the five-count charge preferred against our clients, Nnamdi Kanu, Chidiebere Onwudiwe, Benjamin Madubugwu, David Nwawuisi and Bright Chimezie be immediately withdrawn and the defendants freed without further ado.
Justice Binta Nyako had on December 13, 2016 ruled that the identity of witnesses in the matter would be protected, but at Tuesday’s sitting, the judge and parties were all shielded from public view