No number of lawyers could have altered the court’s decision convicting him of terrorism, according to Aloy Ejimakor, former counsel  to the proscribed leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.
Ejimakor refuted suggestions that more legal counsel might have affected the outcome in a Monday interview with Channels Television’s The Morning Brief program.
He claimed that “one million lawyers supporting Nnamdi Kanu would have altered the outcome of the case.”
The lawyer claimed that the court’s authority was invalid despite the fact that the evidence did not specifically link Kanu’s broadcasts to the South-East’s hostility.
The deed has been completed. Although the judge may have believed there was enough evidence to support his conviction, verdict, and sentence, I disagree.
I could not see a direct connection between the violence that claimed numerous lives and the broadcasts. Today, there is more violence. Are the broadcasts still going on? “he said.
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Ejimakor claimed that Kanu’s trial resembled historical ones involving prominent public figures and political figures, and that Kanu’s prosecution exhibited a similar pattern.
Before Pontius Pilate, the people who brought Jesus had already made up their minds. They urged the crucification of Christ and refused to release another condemned man.
Nelson Mandela was found guilty in any case despite not being involved in any violent activity in South Africa. No weapon was discovered. His personality was viewed as a threat.
He also made reference to the 1960 Awolowo case, saying that while he was a civilian, he had been accused of trying to overthrow the government. He had neither the means nor the opportunity, according to no evidence.
“In this particular case (Nnamdi Kanu), I’m not saying the judge was biased, but it was obvious that the system was determined to get him convicted.” He was taken in Kenya the day after that.
Kanu was found guilty of seven terrorist counts on Thursday, and Justice James Omotosho handed him a life sentence.
He ruled that Kanu’s broadcasts caused threats to diplomatic missions, infrastructure destruction, and attacks on security forces.
Justice Omotosho argued that self-determination cannot be achieved through violence and that Nigeria is still an indivisible state.
He demanded that Kanu’s transmitter be forfeited and that he be held in a secure facility without access to the internet.
Kanu’s attorneys argued that the sentence was excessive and made an appeal.
Ejimakor criticized Kanu’s move to the Sokoto Custodial Center, saying it had separated him from his family and legal team.
Source: Channels TV
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