My Testimony Will Shake The Foundation Of Nigeria – Nnamdi Kanu
Nnamdi Kanu[/caption]
Detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), and director of Radio Biafra, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, has sounded the alarm that his testimony in court would shake the very foundation of Nigeria.
Kanu, who appeared in court on Tuesday, objected to a secret trial following Justice Binta Nyako’s decision to shield witnesses that would testify against him at her court.
“Buhari went on national television to accuse me in public and he wants to try me in secret. I will not allow myself to be subjected to this kind of trial.
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“By the time I am through with my testimony there will be no Nigeria. What kind of secret trial? This is not a Sharia Court but common law court,” he said from the dock.
It would be recalled that on December 1, Justice Nyako had denied Kanu and other accused persons – Chidiebere Onwudiwe, David Nwawuisi and Benjamin Nmadubugwu – bail, citing the severity of their offence as the reason for her decision.
Maxwell Okpara, one of Kanu’s lawyers, told the court then that the government had lined up foreigners, whose identities it wanted to conceal, as witnesses.
“My lord, we have uncovered their plan to bring Ghanaians and people from Cameroon to appear in this court to testify against the defendants,” he had said.
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“We as Nigerians will resist that plot. It cannot work. That is why they are insisting that they should testify behind screen. That plot has failed, it will not work.”
Kanu is facing 11-counts of treason and terrorism brought against him by the government.
