JUST IN: Hope of acquittal becoming real for Nnamdi Kanu as FG drops major charge

• The Court of Appeal on Tuesday, September 12, reserved its judgment on an appeal filed by Nnamdi Kanu, IPOB's leader
• Also, the court has stricken out the motion for an accelerated hearing filed by Kanu's legal team on his behalf
• It was also gathered that the federal government has dropped one of its charges made against the southeast agitator

Abuja - The federal government has dropped one of the charges against the detained leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.

This is as Human Rights Lawyer, Mike Ozekhome (SAN), who leads the delegation of legal practitioners representing the IPOB leader, urged the Court of Appeal, Abuja, to strike out the charges made against Kanu on grounds of incredibility, New Telegraph reports.

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It was gathered that Kanu’s legal team, led by Ozekhome, brought up a strong defense over allegations of terrorism and treasonable felony.

The IPOB leader's legal representatives through an appeal marked No: CA/ABJ/CR/ 625/2022 challenged the remaining allegations against Kanu.

However, during the hearing, the court struck out the motion for an accelerated hearing filed by Kanu's legal team on his behalf.

Also, the court reserved the judgment on an appeal filed by Kanu, seeking to quash the terrorism and treasonable felony charge.

Nnamdi Kanu: Court strikes out eight of 15 charges against IPOB leader

Meanwhile, a federal high court in Abuja had struck out eight out of the 15-count charge filed against Kanu.

Ruling on Kanu’s application on Friday, April 8, Justice Binta Nyako struck out counts 6,7,9,10,11,12,13, and 14.

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Justice Nyako said the IPOB leader is to stand trial on counts 1,2,3,4,5,8 and 15. Mike Ozekhome, Kanu’s lead counsel, had described the charges as “defective and baseless.”

However, Shuaibu Labaran, the prosecution counsel, asked the court to dismiss the defendant’s application.

Nnamdi Kanu not receiving proper medical attention

Recall that the legal team of Kanu had complained that the IPOB leader was not receiving proper medical attention in the detention facility of the Department of State Service, DSS, in Abuja.

Source: Legit.ng