Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyers have vowed to appeal his conviction,
insisting that the judgment does not hold water.
Addressing the press at the Federal High Court shortly after
Justice James Omotosho delivered the judgment that sentenced Kanu to life
imprisonment, his lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, who was at the court as a consultant,
said they were heading to the upper court.
He argued that a man cannot be convicted for mere spoken
words, questioning why that should be the case at the Federal High Court.
“What kind of precedent is being laid here? We are heading
to the Court of Appeal,” he said.
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“The Court of Appeal is the only court in this country, or
the next court in this country that sits as a jury. We are going to approach
justices there to check out what happened in court today.
“And we are pretty sure the justices will agree with us that
today was the symbol of the travesty of justice that everybody has been
suspecting.”
He said further: “If the Court of Appeal disagrees with us,
we head to the Supreme Court. Nnamdi Kanu is not going to stand convicted. He’s
going to get overturned.
“This is the only day I have witnessed a man being convicted
for mere pronouncements, just for what he said from his mouth, not what he did
with his own hands.
“The verdict is not consistent with the evidence laid before
the court. The sentence is overbroad, cruel and unusual.
“How can you convict a man for making a mere broadcast from
a location that was never named and he never tied that broadcast to any single
incident of violence, or even someone slapping someone, not to talk of
terrorism.”
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