{"id":161467,"date":"2025-05-06T10:52:51","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T09:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/court-bars-nnamdi-kanus-sister-in-law-for-livestreaming-proceedings"},"modified":"2025-05-06T12:03:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T11:03:12","slug":"court-bars-nnamdi-kanus-sister-in-law-for-livestreaming-proceedings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/court-bars-nnamdi-kanus-sister-in-law-for-livestreaming-proceedings","title":{"rendered":"Court bars Nnamdi Kanu\u2019s sister-in-law for livestreaming proceedings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, banished Mrs. Favour Kanu, wife of Prince Fineboy Kanu, the younger brother to Nnamdi Kanu, for streaming the proceedings of the court live on her Facebook page.<\/p>\n<p>Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, is being prosecuted by the Federal Government on a charge of alleged terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>Justice James Omotosho, who gave the order after Mrs Favour admitted engaging in the act and apologised to the court, held that she could have been charged with contempt of court.<\/p>\n<p>Although Kanu\u2019s lawyer, Chief Kanu Agabi, SAN, also apologised on her behalf, Justice Omotosho insisted that Mrs. Favour would be barred from attending three proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>The judge expressed surprise that, despite Mrs. Favour\u2019s phone being confiscated on the last adjourned date when she was caught recording him, she still went ahead to post the video online.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to hear from her. Were you not the one that I took your phone?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did not give an order to forfeit that phone. I don\u2019t know if she might be a wife to my brother (Nnamdi Kanu),\u201d the judge said, but Prince told the judge that she is his wife.<\/p>\n<p>The judge, who cautioned against any act that could cause delay in the trial, assured all parties in the case that justice would be served.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, banished Mrs. Favour Kanu, wife of Prince Fineboy Kanu, the younger brother to Nnamdi Kanu, for streaming the proceedings of the court live on her Facebook page. 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