By Our correspondent
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has again disbanded his legal team currently led by Mike Ozekhome, SAN.
Kanu, was also said to have sacked his medical team who he said have not been able to present a medical report that would prove his alleged heart related illness.
The sack it was gathered may not be unconnected to the Supreme Court judgment held on Friday, December 15, 2023, which ordered the continuation of the trial of Kanu on terrorism charges.
Recall that the case which started in 2015 had been put on hold at the Federal High Court in Abuja after the Court of Appeal dismissed the charges in a judgement delivered in October 2022.
The Court of Appeal in Abuja had anchored its decision dismissing the charges on the illegality of the “extraordinary rendition” of Kanu from Kenya to Nigeria in June 2021 to continue his trial.
However, in December, the Supreme Court ruled that Kanu’s trial on terrorism must continue.
Top Judicial sources, who confirmed the disbandment of the legal team, said Kanu was not happy with the outcome of the case at Supreme Court, resulting to the disbandment of the legal team.
The sources who would not want to be mentioned in print, hinted that, a new legal team to be headed by Kanu Agabi, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria(SAN), imay become the leader of the legal team to represent the IPOB leader his case in court and ensure that he be transfered to Kuje prison where he will have free access to people as he pleases.
Recall that Kanu’s family had in a statement issued in June, 2023, sacked the legal team of the IPOB leader. The statement issued by Kanu’s younger brother, Kanunta Kanu and posted on his X handle then entitled ” Notice of Dismissal”, it read: “I hereby formally notify @MikeozekhomeSAN and @lfeanyiEjiofor that their services are no longer required in #MaziNnamdiKanu case pending before the Supreme Court of Nigeria and all concerning him. “
