Kanu defence counsel faults court over selective reliance on Evidence Act

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru
ABUJA– A member of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s defence team has alleged that Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court selectively applied Section 122 of the Evidence Act in the trial of the detained Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB leader.
Lawyer Onyedikachi Ifedi made the allegation in the second part of his legal analysis of Kanu’s trial, in which he also accused the court of disregarding binding Supreme Court precedent and failing to properly consider Kanu’s application for judicial notice while he was unrepresented.
Ifedi stated that Justice Omotosho’s judgment showed the judge was fully aware of the mandatory requirements under Section 122 of the Evidence...