Court Fixes October 24 For The Arraignment Of Nnamdi Kanu’s Lawyer, Brother, 10 Others
The Chief Magistrates court in Kuje, Abuja, has remanded Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer, Alloy Ejimakor and the younger brother to the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra IPOB leader Emmanuel Kanu, in the correctional facility.
Their remand, alongside ten others followed their involvement in the #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest held on Monday October 20, 2025.
Though their arraignment could not take place, the suspects had asked for a stand down, to enable them meet with their lawyers; hence the magistrate remanded them in the correctional facility, till October 24, 2025 when they would be arraigned.
Their lawyers have filed an application for bail however one of their lawyers Nnaemeka Ejiofor said they have not been able to serve the application to the Nigeria Police because they refused to accept the document.
The police had charged the suspects for inciting disturbance and breaching public peace in disobedience to court order.
The suspects were also accused of denying other citizens their freedom of movement disrupting free flow of traffic while chanting war songs in request for the release of Nnamdi Kanu.
Security operatives had clamped down on the demonstrators citing a subsisting court order which restricted them from accessing certain areas within the city.
Others are in custody are Joshua Emmanuel, Bishop Wilson Anyalewechi, Okere Kingdom Clinton Chimeneze, Gabriel Joshua, Isiaka Husseini, Onyekachi Ferdinand, Amadi Prince, Edison Ojisom and Godwill Obiama.
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