Maxwell Opara, a civil rights activist and lawyer for Nnamdi Kanu, spoke to journalists after the indefinite adjournment of Kanu’s court case. In a YouTube video, he explained that Kanu chose to represent himself, asking his legal team to step away.
Maxwell said, “As a lawyer, we have our rules of ethics, and you discover that when we are trying to calm him down, he said that we should sit down and walk away, that we should not represent him again. So he decided, So he’s not a lawyer, and I think the judge and the federal government understand because many people have applied to the federal government.”
Opara noted that various groups, including Ohanaeze Ndigbo and Afenifere, have urged the federal government to resolve the situation politically by releasing Kanu for peace. He emphasised that there is a standing court order that the judge should address, asserting that the judge has the authority to set aside that order to regain jurisdiction over the case.
He further said, “The Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the Afenifere, and many other persons have applied and begged the federal government, please, use political means to resolve this matter by releasing Nnamdi Kanu so that we have peace. And now the judge, on the issue of the judging, there is a subsisting court order; that’s what Nnamdi Kanu is saying. One expected the judge to, first of all, set aside that order. You give the order; you have the right to set aside the order, and even that, to set aside the order, you have now given way for you to have jurisdiction into the matter.”
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