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BREAKING: Nnamdi Kanu Pleads Not Guilty To Seven Count Charge Of Terrorism

Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has pleaded not guilty at the ongoing court trial.

Infoexpert24 reports that Nnamdi Kanu was re-arraigned at a federal high court in Abuja on terrorism charges.

The federal government recently amended the charges against Nnamdi Kanu raising them to seven counts as against the five counts he was previously answering to, bordering on treasonable felony and terrorism.

Nnamdi Kanu

When the charges were read to him, the IPOB leader pleaded not guilty.

Count one of the charges reads that Kanu “being the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), on diverse dates in 2014 and 2015 in London, United Kingdom, did broadcast on Radio Biafra monitored in Enugu and other areas within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, preparations made by you and others now at large, for states in the South-East and South-South zones and other communities in Kogi and Benue states to secede from the federal republic of Nigeria with a view to constituting same into the Republic of Biafra and you thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 41(c) of the Criminal Code Act, CAP. C77, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004”.

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Count six of the amended charge reads: ”That on the 16th of May, 2021 in London, the United Kingdom within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did commit and act in furtherance of an act of terrorism by making a broadcast that “in two weeks time, what will happen will shake the world, people will die, the whole world will stand still mark my word” and you thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 1 (2) (h) of the Terrorism Prevention Amendment Act, 2013.”

In June, Kanu was arrested abroad and brought to Nigeria after he jumped bail and fled to the UK in 2017.

He has been in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) since his arrest.

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Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has pleaded not guilty at the ongoing court trial.

Infoexpert24 reports that Nnamdi Kanu pleaded not guilty as he was re-arraigned at a federal high court in Abuja on terrorism charges on Thursday morning.

The federal government recently amended the charges against Nnamdi Kanu raising them to seven counts as against the five counts he was previously answering to, bordering on treasonable felony and terrorism.

Nnamdi Kanu

When the charges were read to him, the IPOB leader pleaded not guilty.

Count one of the charges reads that Kanu “being the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), on diverse dates in 2014 and 2015 in London, United Kingdom, did broadcast on Radio Biafra monitored in Enugu and other areas within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, preparations made by you and others now at large, for states in the South-East and South-South zones and other communities in Kogi and Benue states to secede from the federal republic of Nigeria with a view to constituting same into the Republic of Biafra and you thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 41(c) of the Criminal Code Act, CAP. C77, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004”.

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Count six of the amended charge reads: ”That on the 16th of May, 2021 in London, the United Kingdom within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did commit and act in furtherance of an act of terrorism by making a broadcast that “in two weeks time, what will happen will shake the world, people will die, the whole world will stand still mark my word” and you thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 1 (2) (h) of the Terrorism Prevention Amendment Act, 2013.”

In June, Kanu was arrested abroad and brought to Nigeria after he jumped bail and fled to the UK in 2017.

He has been in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) since his arrest.

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Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has pleaded not guilty at the ongoing court trial.

Infoexpert24 reports that Nnamdi Kanu pleaded not guilty as he was re-arraigned at a federal high court in Abuja on terrorism charges on Thursday morning.

The federal government recently amended the charges against Nnamdi Kanu raising them to seven counts as against the five counts he was previously answering to, bordering on treasonable felony and terrorism.

Nnamdi Kanu

When the charges were read to him, the IPOB leader pleaded not guilty.

Count one of the charges reads that Kanu “being the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), on diverse dates in 2014 and 2015 in London, United Kingdom, did broadcast on Radio Biafra monitored in Enugu and other areas within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, preparations made by you and others now at large, for states in the South-East and South-South zones and other communities in Kogi and Benue states to secede from the federal republic of Nigeria with a view to constituting same into the Republic of Biafra and you thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 41(c) of the Criminal Code Act, CAP. C77, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004”.

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Count six of the amended charge reads: ”That on the 16th of May, 2021 in London, the United Kingdom within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did commit and act in furtherance of an act of terrorism by making a broadcast that “in two weeks time, what will happen will shake the world, people will die, the whole world will stand still mark my word” and you thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 1 (2) (h) of the Terrorism Prevention Amendment Act, 2013.”

In June, Kanu was arrested abroad and brought to Nigeria after he jumped bail and fled to the UK in 2017.

He has been in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) since his arrest.

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