{"id":161661,"date":"2025-05-08T11:47:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T10:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/terrorism-more-lawyers-join-nnamdi-kanus-legal-team-as-trial-heats-up"},"modified":"2025-05-08T12:51:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T11:51:23","slug":"terrorism-more-lawyers-join-nnamdi-kanus-legal-team-as-trial-heats-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/terrorism-more-lawyers-join-nnamdi-kanus-legal-team-as-trial-heats-up","title":{"rendered":"Terrorism: More lawyers join Nnamdi Kanu\u2019s legal team as trial heats up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>More senior and eminent lawyers have joined the legal team of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), as his trial continues.<\/p>\n<p>The latest additions to Kanu\u2019s legal team include Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Paul Esokoro, and Dr. P.K. Obi.<\/p>\n<p>This was disclosed by Kanu\u2019s Special Counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, ahead of today\u2019s proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ejimakor: \u201cBreaking: PAUL ESOKORO (a Senior Advocate of Nigeria) and Dr. P.K. Obi (an accomplished academic) have joined the ever-expanding legal team of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. They\u2019re both present in Court today &amp; proceedings are ongoing. The more, the merrier.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ejimakor also disclosed that today\u2019s trial would see the prosecution continue with the presentation of its case.<\/p>\n<p>He posted on X: \u201cFRN versus MNK: As the Court reconvenes today in less than an hour, here\u2019s a summary of what to expect.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe prosecution will continue to present its case through their witness, and there might not be enough time to conduct our cross-examination today. Another adjournment is in view.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A few days ago, four more eminent Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) joined Kanu\u2019s legal team.<\/p>\n<p>The new additions include Prof. Onyechi Ikpeazu, Emeka Etiaba, Mela Audu Nunghe, and Joseph Akubo.<\/p>\n<p>Kanu is currently facing charges bordering on terrorism before the Justice James Omotosho-led Federal High Court in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecution is currently presenting its witness in court. So far, it has produced two witnesses who have testified against Kanu and presented recorded broadcasts.<\/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. More senior and eminent lawyers have joined the legal team of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), as his trial continues. The latest additions to Kanu\u2019s legal team include Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Paul Esokoro, and Dr. P.K. Obi. This was disclosed by Kanu\u2019s Special Counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":161660,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[254,625,532],"class_list":["post-161661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-nigeria","tag-nnamdi-kanu","tag-terrorism"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Terrorism: More lawyers join Nnamdi Kanu\u2019s legal team as trial heats up - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"More senior and eminent lawyers have joined the legal team of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IP ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/terrorism-more-lawyers-join-nnamdi-kanus-legal-team-as-trial-heats-up\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Terrorism: More lawyers join Nnamdi Kanu\u2019s legal team as trial heats up\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"More senior and eminent lawyers have joined the legal team of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IP ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/terrorism-more-lawyers-join-nnamdi-kanus-legal-team-as-trial-heats-up\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-05-08T10:47:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-05-08T11:51:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1746692499.299369.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"479\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/terrorism-more-lawyers-join-nnamdi-kanus-legal-team-as-trial-heats-up#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/terrorism-more-lawyers-join-nnamdi-kanus-legal-team-as-trial-heats-up\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Terrorism: More lawyers join Nnamdi Kanu\u2019s legal team as trial heats up\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-08T10:47:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-08T11:51:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/terrorism-more-lawyers-join-nnamdi-kanus-legal-team-as-trial-heats-up\"},\"wordCount\":275,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/terrorism-more-lawyers-join-nnamdi-kanus-legal-team-as-trial-heats-up#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1746692499.299369.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\",\"Nnamdi Kanu\",\"terrorism\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/terrorism-more-lawyers-join-nnamdi-kanus-legal-team-as-trial-heats-up#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/terrorism-more-lawyers-join-nnamdi-kanus-legal-team-as-trial-heats-up\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/terrorism-more-lawyers-join-nnamdi-kanus-legal-team-as-trial-heats-up\",\"name\":\"Terrorism: More lawyers join Nnamdi Kanu\u2019s legal team as trial heats up - 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