{"id":52072,"date":"2021-10-19T18:03:12","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T17:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=52072"},"modified":"2021-10-19T17:01:22","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T16:01:22","slug":"buhari-govt-amend-charges-against-nnamdi-kanu-ahead-of-thursday-trial-lawyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/buhari-govt-amend-charges-against-nnamdi-kanu-ahead-of-thursday-trial-lawyer","title":{"rendered":"Buhari govt amend charges against Nnamdi Kanu ahead of Thursday trial \u2013 Lawyer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government has amended the charges against pro-Biafra agitator, Nnamdi Kanu.<\/p>\n<p>The amended charges were served to Kanu\u2019s lawyers ahead of Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Lead counsel to Kanu, Ifeanyi Ejiofor disclosed this in a statement he signed and issued last night, after routine visit to Kanu.<\/p>\n<p>The statement reads partly: \u201cToday, I and my colleague, Bar. Alloy Ejimakor, had a very fruitful visitation to Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. We discussed a wide range of matters, especially concerning hearing of his case and appearance in court on 21st October, 2021. There will be more on this later.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe coast is now clear for legal fireworks this Thursday, particularly now that we have been served with a purported \u201cAmended Charge\u201d in the Case.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ejimakor disclosed that Kanu is in good spirit ahead of the resumption of his trial on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is in good spirit, awaiting his auspicious outing on Thursday, the 21st Day of October, 2021. He commended those who are in the spirit with him, while declaring that Chukwuokike Abiama has ordained this special Day for a victorious outing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Kanu is billed to appear before Justice Binta Nyako-led Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, will appear before Justice Nyako to continue his trial for treason.<\/p>\n<p>The Biafra agitator was rearrested in July and repatriated to Nigeria, after he jumped bail and fled the country in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Produce Nnamdi Kanu in court on Thursday unfailingly \u2013 Ohanaeze tells Nigerian govt<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government has amended the charges against pro-Biafra agitator, Nnamdi Kanu. The amended charges were served to Kanu\u2019s lawyers ahead of Thursday. Lead counsel to Kanu, Ifeanyi Ejiofor disclosed this in a statement he signed and issued last night, after routine visit to Kanu. The statement reads partly: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":52071,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,28,14,26],"tags":[1570,2140,97,254,625],"class_list":["post-52072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-buhari","tag-nigeria","tag-nnamdi-kanu"],"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>Buhari govt amend charges against Nnamdi Kanu ahead of Thursday trial \u2013 Lawyer - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government has amended the charges against pro-Biafra agitator, Nnamdi Kanu. ...\" \/>\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\/buhari-govt-amend-charges-against-nnamdi-kanu-ahead-of-thursday-trial-lawyer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Buhari govt amend charges against Nnamdi Kanu ahead of Thursday trial \u2013 Lawyer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government has amended the charges against pro-Biafra agitator, Nnamdi Kanu. ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/buhari-govt-amend-charges-against-nnamdi-kanu-ahead-of-thursday-trial-lawyer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-10-19T17:03:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/10\/img-616eebb8c9787.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\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\/policy\/buhari-govt-amend-charges-against-nnamdi-kanu-ahead-of-thursday-trial-lawyer#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/buhari-govt-amend-charges-against-nnamdi-kanu-ahead-of-thursday-trial-lawyer\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Buhari govt amend charges against Nnamdi Kanu ahead of Thursday trial \u2013 Lawyer\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-10-19T17:03:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/buhari-govt-amend-charges-against-nnamdi-kanu-ahead-of-thursday-trial-lawyer\"},\"wordCount\":269,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/buhari-govt-amend-charges-against-nnamdi-kanu-ahead-of-thursday-trial-lawyer#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/10\/img-616eebb8c9787.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Buhari\",\"Nigeria\",\"Nnamdi Kanu\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"Policy\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/buhari-govt-amend-charges-against-nnamdi-kanu-ahead-of-thursday-trial-lawyer#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/buhari-govt-amend-charges-against-nnamdi-kanu-ahead-of-thursday-trial-lawyer\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/buhari-govt-amend-charges-against-nnamdi-kanu-ahead-of-thursday-trial-lawyer\",\"name\":\"Buhari govt amend charges against Nnamdi Kanu ahead of Thursday trial \u2013 Lawyer - 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