The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, fixed Nov. 20 for judgment in the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IOPB) on alleged terrorism offences.
Justice James Omotosho fixed the date after Kanu’s defence was foreclosed following his insistence that he would not enter his defence under a repealed law.
“This court has given opportunity to the defendant under Section 36 as requires by the constitution and I will not allow this to continue,” Justice Omotosho said.
“It is based on this, without hesitation, that I say that the defendant has waived his right,” Justice Omotosho said.
Kanu is standing trial on alleged terrorism offences.
The Atlantic Bell reports that Justice Omotosho has during the hearings advised Nnamdi Kanu on the consequences of not entering a defence.
At the last sitting of the court, the judge had threatened to foreclose the matter if Kanu continued to stand on not entering his defence, having sacked his entire defence team in the course of the trial
