{"id":52002,"date":"2021-10-18T16:29:27","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T15:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=52002"},"modified":"2021-10-18T16:15:41","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T15:15:41","slug":"court-issues-trial-notice-on-nnamdi-kanus-treason-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/court-issues-trial-notice-on-nnamdi-kanus-treason-charges","title":{"rendered":"Court issues trial notice on Nnamdi Kanu\u2019s treason charges"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday officially issued a trial notice for the October 21 prosecution of the self-acclaimed leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, in the treasonable felony charges brought against him by the Federal Government of Nigeria.<\/p>\n

The trial notice entitled \u201cFederal Republic of Nigeria Versus Nnamdi Kanu\u201d was marked FHC\/ABJ\/CR\/383\/15 and served on Kanu\u2019s lawyer, Mr Ifeanyi Ejiofor and that of the Federal Government Mr Shuaib Labaran.<\/p>\n

DAILY POST on Monday sighted the notice, signalling resumption of full-blown prosecution for the self-appointed Biafran leader.<\/p>\n

The one-page document showed that the court carefully and explicitly spelt out the dos and don\u2019ts for lawyers of the contending parties to avoid an abortion of the trial which commenced in 2015 when Kanu was first arrested in Lagos upon arrival from the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n

The document read in part, \u201cThis case will be transferred from the General Cause List to the hearing paper for Thursday 21st October 2021at 9 o\u2019clock forenoon and will come on to be on that day if the business of the court permits or otherwise on some adjustment day of which you will receive no further notice.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf either party desires to postpone the hearing, he must apply to the court as soon as possible for that purpose and if the application is based on any matter of fact, he must be prepared to give proof of those facts.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe parties are warned that at the hearing, they are required to bring forward all the evidence by witnesses or by documents which each of them desires to rely on in support of his own case and in contradiction of that of his opponent.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe proof will be required at the hearing and not on a subsequent day, and parties failing to bring their evidence forward at the proper time may find themselves absolutely precluded from adducing it at all, or at best only allowed to do so on payment of substantial costs to the other side, and on such other terms as the court fits to impose.<\/p>\n

\u201cParties desirous to enforce the attendance of witnesses should apply at once to the court to issue one or more summonses for the attendance of the witnesses required.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is indispensable that the application should be made so as to allow time for reasonable notice to the witnesses required.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the witness is required to bring books or papers, they must be particularized in the summons sufficiently to enable him to understand what is meant.<\/p>\n

\u201d Any party summoning a witness through the court thereby becomes liable to pay such witness reasonable sum of money to be fixed by the court for his expense and loss of time.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe court may refuse to enforce the attendance of a witness unless such sum has been fixed and deposited in the court.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf either party desires to use in evidence at the hearing, any book or document in the possession or power of the other party, he must give the other party, reasonable notice in writing to produce It at the hearing, failing which he will not be allowed to give any secondary evidence of its contents.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kanu is expected to face the trial before Justice Binta Nyako.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday officially issued a trial notice for the October 21 prosecution of the self-acclaimed leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, in the treasonable felony charges brought against him by the Federal Government of Nigeria. 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