{"id":59635,"date":"2022-02-16T19:20:57","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T18:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=59635"},"modified":"2022-02-16T17:14:09","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T16:14:09","slug":"biafra-fresh-evidence-emerges-in-nnamdi-kanus-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/biafra-fresh-evidence-emerges-in-nnamdi-kanus-case","title":{"rendered":"Biafra: Fresh \u2018evidence\u2019 emerges in Nnamdi Kanu\u2019s case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Prince Kanu Meme, one of the siblings of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Wednesday said there is \u201cfresh evidence\u201d in the trial of the agitator.<\/p>\n<p>Meme claimed that Kanu \u201cis still technically in Kenya from the new evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He, however, did not elaborate on \u201cthe new evidence,\u201d which is linked to Kanu\u2019s rearrest and repatriation from Kenya.<\/p>\n<p>The IPOB leader is believed to have been arrested in Kenya last year June.<\/p>\n<p>Kanu was detained for eight days in Kenya before his repatriation to Nigeria to continue his trial before Justice Binta Nyako-led Federal High Court.<\/p>\n<p>Upon his return, Kanu was slammed with charges bordering on terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>A 15-count terrorism charge was slammed on Kanu by the Federal Government.<\/p>\n<p>He pleaded not guilty to the charges and asked the Federal High Court, Abuja, to discharge and acquit him without standing trial because the charges were not worth being defended.<\/p>\n<p>However, Meme, in a Facebook post wrote: \u201cMazi Nnamdi Kanu is still technically in Kenya from the new evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Prince Kanu Meme, one of the siblings of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Wednesday said there is \u201cfresh evidence\u201d in the trial of the agitator. 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