A magistrate court in Kuje, Abuja, on Tuesday, remanded Indigenous People of Biafra (IOPB) leader Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer and brother alongside 10 others in the custody of Kuje prison for alleged breach of public peace and other charges.
Mr Kanu’s lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, announced his remand on X (formerly Twitter) following his arraignment by the police alongside his co-defendants before the court on Tuesday.
“The Magistrate refused to listen to our submissions,” Mr Ejimakor wrote on the microblogging site, adding, “He insisted on remanding us till Friday and got his way. For context: Keep in mind that they by- passed several Magistrate courts in town and headed to this one in Kuje.”
The magistrate ordered him and others remanded at Kuje correctional centre in Abuja on Tuesday after a night in police custody.
Mr Ejimakor and other defendants were arrested by the police during Monday’s #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest around the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in the Maitama District of Abuja.
The demonstrators, led by human rights activist Omoyele Sowore, took to the streets on Monday to demand an unconditional release of detained Mr Kanu, who is standing trial on terrorism charges over his secessionist campaign for the independence of Nigeria’s South-east region as a sovereign Biafra state.
The police arraigned Mr Ejimakor alongside Mr Kanu’s brother, Emmanuel Kanu, and 10 others for criminal conspiracy, disobedience of a lawful order and inciting disturbance of public peace during the protest.
Other defendants similarly ordered by the magistrate to be remanded in prison are Joshua Emmanuel, Bishop Anyalewechi, Okere Kingdom (an Abujabased lawyer), Clinton Chimenze, Gabriel Joshua, Isiaka Husseini, Onyekachi Ferdinand, Amadi Prince, Edison Ojisom and Godwill Obiama.
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