The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu’s defence team has said his former lawyers, Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, and Mike Ejiofor, should explain why they ignored irregularities in the charge sheet on which the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, leader was prosecuted.
The defence team made the demand on Sunday in a statement issued by a lawyer, Christopher Chidera Esq. The statement described the charge sheet as a legal corpse, arguing that the trial and conviction was based on a repealed law.
According to the defence team, the Supreme Court had pronounced that the charge sheet is the foundation of criminal jurisdiction and without a valid charge, there is no tri...
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Nnamdi Kanu: Ozekhome, Ejiofor should explain why they ignored irregularities – Defence team
Source: Daily Post
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