From Jeff Amechi Agbodo, Onitsha
Leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mr. Nnamdi Kanu yesterday said he has confidence in the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja to get justice.
The Abuja division of Court of Appeal, last Tuesday shifted hearing on the appeal that was filed by Kanu and two others till May 5 for hearing on the matter.
Counsel to Kanu, Mr. Ifeanyi Ejiofor, while reacting to what transpired at the court on Tuesday that led to the shift of the matter that was earlier fixed for hearing, expressed confidence in the judiciary which he said is the last hope of the common man.
He said when they gathered at the Court of Appeal waiting for the case to be called up, it was not coming on inquiry, the clerk told them that the case was not listed or scheduled to be treated for the day.
Ejiofor noted that three cases; Dasuki, Metu and another person came up at the court due to the importance of the cases based on what the presiding judge, Justice Abdul Aboki told them who stood in for the cases due to the judges conference. He stated that judges don’t attend to court sittings during their conferences which incidentally clashed with the fixed date for hearing of the matter of Kanu and others, saying that was the reason why the case was shifted till May 5.
He said: “We don’t have problem with the shift of the date for hearing. We are aware that judges don’t go to court during their conferences, so, it is not against our client or to undo us but the normal thing in the judiciary.”
We have confidence in the judiciary and we are sure of getting justice at the Court of Appeal.”
The trio of Kanu, Benjamin Madubugwu and David Nwawusi had gone to challenge what they called strange procedure adopted in their trial.