{"id":170369,"date":"2025-07-20T14:45:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T13:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/nnamdi-kanus-trial-focus-on-facts-not-propaganda"},"modified":"2025-07-20T15:52:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T14:52:29","slug":"nnamdi-kanus-trial-focus-on-facts-not-propaganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nnamdi-kanus-trial-focus-on-facts-not-propaganda","title":{"rendered":"Nnamdi Kanu\u2019s Trial: Focus on Facts Not Propaganda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Media practitioners have been urged to focus on facts rather than propaganda in the terrorism trial of leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu.<\/p>\n<p>The Directorate of Legal Affairs, Research and Global Communications Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB,<\/p>\n<p>Onyedikachi Ifedi, Esq., made the call in a statement on Sunday. He was reacting to arguments canvassed by Kanu\u2019s lead counsel, Chief Kanu Agabi, SAN, at the resumed hearing of the case on Thursday in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>The lawyer advised against sensational reporting of what he described as propaganda spewed by the Federal Government legal team.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, journalists should not ignore germane questions raised by Agabi during the proceeding, particularly on the identity of over 170 security officers the government claimed have been killed as a result of Kanu\u2019s broadcasts.<\/p>\n<p>Ifedi said, \u201cWho are the families of these alleged victims? Why have they not testified in court? Which individual has claimed, under oath, that they heard Mazi Kanu and then committed violence as a result of his broadcasts? Who issued the unsigned, unauthenticated death certificates the DSS tried to smuggle into evidence?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Agabi had in his submission urged the prosecution to tender the forensic pathologist or investigator linking any death to IPOB or Mazi Kanu. He submitted that no victims had come forward to testify in court that their loved one was killed due to any violence by Nnamdi Kanu.<\/p>\n<p>Ifedi added, \u201cSelf-determination is not a crime. No Nigerian law criminalizes calling for Biafra; free speech, even harsh or fiery speech, is not terrorism. No evidence links Mazi Kanu\u2019s utterances to violence. No lawful investigation was conducted under the Terrorism Prevention Act.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead, the media gave uncritical oxygen to laughable claims that because Mazi Kanu said \u201cthe world will stand still\u201d, Nigeria must imprison him. Since when did hyperbole become terrorism? If so, when will government officials who have made similar or worse threats be charged?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The lawyer appealed to the media not to give \u201cunnecessary oxygen and voice to the narratives aimed at misleading the public\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe challenge you to report that all five prosecution witnesses were DSS agents. That none of them tendered direct evidence of violence caused by Mazi Kanu. That the \u201cevidence\u201d they submitted consisted of unsigned, unauthenticated documents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat no victim, no investigator, no family member, no forensic expert testified in support of the government\u2019s claims. We remind all Nigerians and the international community: well-scripted propaganda cannot replace facts, evidence, or the rule of law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Federal Government\u2019s case against Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is legally unsustainable, morally bankrupt, and politically vindictive,\u201d the statement added.<\/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. Media practitioners have been urged to focus on facts rather than propaganda in the terrorism trial of leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu. The Directorate of Legal Affairs, Research and Global Communications Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Onyedikachi Ifedi, Esq., made the call in a statement on Sunday. He [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":170368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254,5576],"class_list":["post-170369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-nigeria","tag-nnamdi-kanus-trial"],"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>Nnamdi Kanu\u2019s Trial: Focus on Facts Not Propaganda - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Media practitioners have been urged to focus on facts rather than propaganda in the terrorism trial of leader of Indigen ...\" \/>\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\/policy\/nnamdi-kanus-trial-focus-on-facts-not-propaganda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nnamdi Kanu\u2019s Trial: Focus on Facts Not Propaganda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Media practitioners have been urged to focus on facts rather than propaganda in the terrorism trial of leader of Indigen ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nnamdi-kanus-trial-focus-on-facts-not-propaganda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-20T13:45:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-20T14:52:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753010642.718145.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"798\" \/>\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=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nnamdi-kanus-trial-focus-on-facts-not-propaganda#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nnamdi-kanus-trial-focus-on-facts-not-propaganda\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Nnamdi Kanu\u2019s Trial: Focus on Facts Not Propaganda\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-20T13:45:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-20T14:52:29+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nnamdi-kanus-trial-focus-on-facts-not-propaganda\"},\"wordCount\":455,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nnamdi-kanus-trial-focus-on-facts-not-propaganda#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753010642.718145.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\",\"Nnamdi Kanu\u2019s trial\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nnamdi-kanus-trial-focus-on-facts-not-propaganda#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nnamdi-kanus-trial-focus-on-facts-not-propaganda\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nnamdi-kanus-trial-focus-on-facts-not-propaganda\",\"name\":\"Nnamdi Kanu\u2019s Trial: Focus on Facts Not Propaganda - 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