Udonna Ubani

A #Biafran; #Biafrans are committed to democratic process of Self Determination, which is #Referendum, despite provocations by Nigeria Terrorist government.

[bar ifeanyi ejiofor @EjioforBar]

NNAMDI KANU’S AVOIDABLE ORDEAL: HOW AMATEUR LEGAL SHOWMEN LED A HIGH-PROFILE CASE INTO A JUDICIAL AMBUSH

WHEN JUSTICE BECAME A PERFORMANCE: THE TRAGIC CONSEQUENCE OF TURNING NNAMDI KANU’S TRIAL INTO CONTENT

I had genuinely intended, out of sheer exhaustion and out of respect for the sensitivity of this moment, to refrain from revisiting this saga. But the avalanche of calls, messages, and trembling voices from our people has made silence no longer an option.

I am therefore compelled to offer sober introspection, especially as someone who successfully steered this very case for nearly a decade, securing landmark victories, unassailable legal milestones, and enduring a long trail of threats, assassination attempts, and brushes with death. Through all of this, Grace remained my only constant protection.

However, after Thursday’s spectacle, correcting the wild conjectures, poorly manufactured narratives, and brazen misinformation now circulating like a digital epidemic has become absolutely necessary.

THE FIRST REVELATION THEY WON’T TELL YOU

During the period our team handled this matter, from 2015 to December 2024, up until Prof. Mike Ozekhome, SAN, assumed leadership of the legal team in 2022; we were on the threshold of securing yet another major relief for Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, particularly after the Court of Appeal discharged and acquitted him in 2022. Sustained pressure, strategic diplomacy, and airtight legal maneuvering had placed us on the verge of another monumental breakthrough.

Regrettably, certain sensitive details of this progress were, perhaps innocently, disclosed by Mazi Nnamdi Kanu to some of these clueless clowns. Rather than support a strategy they barely understood, they seized the information as an opportunity to derail the entire process and treacherously orchestrated a change in the status quo. Consequently, we exited the team, gloriously, and with our integrity intact.

Let us speak plainly:
A high-profile, internationally sensitive criminal trial is not a circus ring.
But once these bloated, delusional entertainers-in-wigs inserted themselves into the process, everything degenerated into a grotesque parody of legal representation.

Instead of crafting legal strategy, they crafted Instagram stories.
Instead of mastering case law, they mastered camera angles.
At every court session, their priority wasn’t research or preparation, it was posing, filming, updating, grandstanding, and “going viral.”

Meanwhile, the accused man’s fate hung by a thread.

THE MOST TRAGIC PART OF IT ALL

Even after the court explicitly warned that self-representation in a complex constitutional and criminal matter was dangerous, these “consultants” encouraged it, clapping like paid spectators in a village arena.

And so the unthinkable happened:
1. A trial that could have been paused, or avoided ab initio, had the proper methodology and engagement been applied.
2. A conviction that could have been prevented.
3. An outcome that was entirely avoidable, yet allowed to proceed under the guidance of legal lightweights intoxicated by social-media relevance.

They railroaded him, knowingly or unknowingly, into the savage pit of a full criminal trial, fully aware that other lawful avenues existed.

Even while the trial was ongoing, they busied themselves with dishing out falsehoods, half-truths, and misleading “updates” to an unsuspecting public.

Every lie told outside the courtroom became a landmine inside the courtroom.
Every exaggerated “update” became a contradiction the prosecution gleefully documented.
Every camera stunt became a professional embarrassment.

And now, instead of remorse, they have resumed their post-trial routine:
fresh videos, fresh lies, fresh false hopes, desperate for clicks.

The tragedy continues because the vulnerable still believe them.

THE GREATEST PUZZLE OF ALL

How did foremost legal minds, globally respected Senior Advocates of Nigeria such as Chief Kanu Agabi, SAN, Chief Onyechi Ikpeazu, SAN, and other erudite members of the Inner Bar; men fully versed in the anatomy of high-wire criminal litigation, become disengaged at the most critical moment of the trial, only for mediocre adventurers to hijack a matter of international significance and reduce it to a TikTok legal carnival?

Who replaces world-class physicians with herbal storytellers during brain surgery?
Who replaces strategic diplomacy with reckless grandstanding?
Who replaces law with theatrics?

Only a system already preparing for disaster.

WHERE WE GO FROM HERE
For any meaningful rescue effort by globally respected legal experts, the first task must be to clean up the monumental damage inflicted by these self-advertising jesters. A comprehensive review of methodology, effective engagement, and drastically reduced publicity must precede any intervention. Only then can a coherent, sophisticated legal and political strategy be fashioned.

This is not the time for comedy.
Not the time for inflated egos.
And certainly not the time for social-media theatrics.

It is time for soberness.
Time for competence.
Time for real advocacy.

#EnoughIsEnough

Signed:
Sir Ifeanyi Ejiofor, Esq. (KSC)
November 22, 2025

[Uchechi Okwu-Kanu @OkwukKanu]

PUBLIC BRIEFING
ISSUED BY: NJOKU JUDE NJOKU, ESQ.
FOR THE MAZI NNAMDI KANU GLOBAL DEFENCE CONSORTIUM
DATED: 22ND NOVEMBER 2025.
OMOTOSHO’S JUDGMENT IS A LEGAL IMPOSSIBILITY:
CONVICTION UNDER A REPEALED LAW CANNOT STAND

DATE: 22/11/2025

The Mazi Nnamdi Kanu Global Defence Consortium wishes to inform the Nigerian public, the Bar, and the international community that the 20 November 2025 judgment delivered by Hon. Justice James Omotosho in FRN v. Nnamdi Kanu is unsustainable in law, untenable under the Constitution, and void for want of jurisdiction.

This is not rhetoric. It is a matter of black-letter law, constitutional command, and non-negotiable legal principle.

1. THE COURT CONVICTED UNDER A LAW THAT NO LONGER EXISTS
By Section 104 of the Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) Act 2022, the Terrorism (Prevention) (Amendment) Act 2013 - the very statute Justice Omotosho relied upon was fully repealed.

A repealed law is a dead law.
A court cannot revive it.
A conviction cannot stand on it.

Section 36(12) of the 1999 Constitution is emphatic:

No person shall be convicted unless the offence is defined and the penalty prescribed in a written law.

“Written law” means a law in force on the day of conviction.
On 20 November 2025, the 2013 Act was not in force.
It is legally impossible to convict anyone under it.

This alone renders the judgment a nullity.

2. SAVINGS CLAUSES CANNOT RESURRECT A REPEALED CRIMINAL STATUTE
The Prosecution unsuccessfully attempted to rely on a “savings clause” in the 2022 Act.
But Nigerian law is clear:

Savings clauses preserve pending matters.
They do not create new proceedings.
They do not override the Constitution.
They do not resurrect repealed laws.
After the Court of Appeal’s 13 October 2022 discharge, there was no “pending” proceeding to save.
What followed in 2023 was a new trial, which cannot be rooted in a repealed law.

The attempt to use a transitional clause as a resurrection tool is legally impermissible.

3. THE EXTANT 2022 TERRORISM ACT NARROWS TERRORISM AND EXCLUDES NON-VIOLENT POLITICAL EXPRESSION
The TPPA 2022—the only governing statute—materially changes Nigerian terrorism law:

Terrorism now requires conduct involving violence or grievous harm.
Non-violent protest, advocacy, dissent, and political agitation are expressly excluded.
The allegations against Mazi Nnamdi Kanu relate to speeches, broadcasts, and political advocacy.
These do not meet the definition of terrorism under the 2022 Act.

The Constitution (Section 36(8)) also requires courts to apply the lighter or more favourable law—in this case, the TPPA 2022.

The trial court failed to do so.

4. THE RESULT: A JUDGMENT THAT COLLAPSES UNDER ITS OWN CONTRADICTIONS
By convicting under a repealed law, ignoring the controlling statute, and applying a harsher non-existent regime, the judgment:

violates Section 1(3) (Supremacy of the Constitution),
breaches Section 36(8), 36(9), 36(12),
lacks jurisdiction, and
is incapable of withstanding appellate review.
These are not technicalities.
They go to the foundation of the criminal justice system.

5. THE DEFENCE POSITION
We state categorically:

This judgment will not survive appellate scrutiny.
A Notice of Appeal will be filed filed.
The grounds are rooted firmly in:

constitutional supremacy,
statutory repeal,
the doctrine of nullity, and
the mandatory application of the extant 2022 Act.
The Consortium remains confident that the Court of Appeal will restore legality, uphold constitutional norms, and vacate this defective conviction.

Signed:
Njoku Jude Njoku, Esq.
For the Mazi Nnamdi Kanu Global Defence Consortium.

#FreeMaziNnamdiKanuNow

[Uchechi Okwu-Kanu @OkwukKanu]

The country where the terrorists solicit for funds through their spokesperson on a national television, the same television that covers the reintegration of these terrorists into their system.

[Uchechi Okwu-Kanu @OkwukKanu]

@EjioforBar I hear the balanced tone of righteous anger this carries from deep conviction and care for justice.

Yes! Nobody could have averted the plans of the Nigerian government, but we would have averted a lot of outcomes.

Howbeit, I will ask us all to put an end to apportioning blames and deepening divisions. What matters now is unity, healing and collective strength.

The time for deep reflections is now. But there has to be a 'balancing act' for emotional, spiritual and legal healing to begin.

Once we come together, we remind ourselves that justice, dignity, and progress are not for individual pursuits but shared responsibilities.

Mazi ##NnamdiKanu needs every hand, heart and voice to rebuild trust and move forward with Purpose.
In healing, compassion goes over conflict and wisdom must be shown over ego.
Only by standing as one family can we truly protect our future and honor those who have sacrificed so much for it.

I am speaking to every #IPOB member!
Enough of the write ups I see here.
Ozuola nụ!
We are all in this together and Mazi #NnamdiKanu is in front! Standing as the Iroko that he is while you are feeling the need to point fingers.
Do you not know that their decision to convict Mazi ##NnamdiKanu is the beginning of greater glory as they have set him on a global purview with those he leads?
It seems you do not understand the blueprint of God even when he has revealed it.

If you have a message or think there's something the leadership can do differently for effective leadership impact, send them a message.
IPOB has a suggestion box, right?
DOS please, there must be a department that should bring concerns and questions from our people to you can once a week, once in 2 or 3 weeks or once a month, to treat those concerns.
It shows inclusion.

For the lawyers.
I told you all in 2021 when Onyendu was taken, that there is no gain in sabotaging each other and working in disunity.
Appropriate robe of professionalism and civility should be adorned for easy flow of communication and respect.

If anyone continues to operate in chaos, then, that person will be the problem.

I will be coming on space in the next few days.

God bless and keep us all!

Ufo nụ!

#FreeNnamdiKanu!

[Chidozie Chidi @ChidozieCh62362]

#EVIL SOUL MAD PEOPLE EVERYWHERE

[Idara_Gold @gold_idara]

Mazi Nnamdi Kanu Speaks Boldly in Court Today

Mazi Nnamdi Kanu told the court that before he can begin his defence, the Federal Government must clearly establish the legal basis for the charges against him.

According to him, the court’s own records show no valid law supporting the charges, making it unlawful to compel him to open his defence. He therefore asked the court to order his release.

> “You cannot ask me to begin my defence when you have not stated the law under which I am being charged. The records of this court show there is no law backing these charges. I request to be released. My Lord, please take judicial notice of all the records before this court.”

#FreeMaziNnamdiKanuNow

[DOS Press Secretary @real_DOS_Press]

Christians are humiliated and killed in Nigeria while terr0rists are celebrated and honoured by the Nigerian government.

If you are a good citizen who wants the country to work and good life for everyone you are locked up without a crime like Mazi Nnamdi Kanu the leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra #IPOB but if you are a terr0rist the government of Nigeria will call you for negotiations, marry wives for you and give you grants and other monetary benefits.

It is time for the United States, the United Nations and the EU to right the wrongs of 1967-70 #Biafra.
Time to restore Biafra is Now!

@SecWar
@SecRubio
@POTUS
@realDonaldTrump
@WalidPhares
@GunterFehlinger
@USinNigeria
@UN
@UNHumanRights

#EndNigeriaNowToSaveLives
#BiafraReferendumNow
#FreeMaziNnamdiKanuNow

[Radio Biafra @radiobiafralive]

@WalidPhares The Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB) led by the unlawfully incarcerated Mazi Nnamdi Kanu are victims of the Nigerian governments support for Islamic Jihadists.
The Nigerian government selects some notorious Boko Haram terr0rists, call them repentant terr0rists, conscripts them into the army and sent to the Christian majority East (#Biafraland) and they continue to kill and disappear innocent and unarmed youths in #Biafra.

The Directorate Of State (DOS) of the Indigenous People Of Biafra is the Administratve and Governing body of the Biafran people, have Mazi Chika Edoziem as the head of the DOS and Mazi Nnamdi Kanu as the overall head.

The DOS have since the extraordinary rendition of our leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu continued to provide leadership, protection and guidance to our people despite the harsh conditions and difficulties the Nigerian government has made it for them.
The people of #Biafra have suffered immensely in the hands of the Nigerian government and their paid agents they positioned in Biafraland who inflicted pains and deaths to our people pretending to be freedom fighters.

Those who have remained genuine for the liberation of our people and maintained the structure of leadership of IPOB led by our leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is the DOS @real_IpobDOS.

This is for clarity and honesty!

@ChinasaNworu
@EmekaGift100

#BiafraReferendumNow
#FreeMaziNnamdiKanuNow

[Beauty Gina @BeautyGina4]

Clips from today's court session
Kanu turned to Awomolo, SAN:

“Learned Silk, please tell this court the extant written law I allegedly broke.”

Awomolo SAN paused, shuffled his papers, and remained silent.

The court gallery murmured.

Kanu repeated slowly:

“Just one law. The name, section, and statute in force today.”

Still no answer.

[IPOB In United Kingdom. 🌅 @IPOBInUK]

BREAKING NEWS

"WE ARE ENTERING NIGERIA WITH LAND FORCES AND AIR FORCES"- TRUMP DECLARES AHEAD OF TINUBU'S VISIT

[Somto Okonkwo @General_Somto]

Killing Of Christians: “President Trump Should Be Warned That If He Sends The US Army To Nigeria, Nigerians Citizens Are Ready To Fight Them. We Will Bury Everyone Single America Soldier That Steps Into Nigeria Al!ve”.~ Pro Sadeeque ABBA Says

[Elochukwu Ohagi @ElochukwuOhagi]

Let it be known that to today & tomorrow, no single Fulani is under trial in Nigeria for the numerous kị́lling of Christians in Nigeria.

But @MaziNnamdiKanu is in detention for speaking up against the kị́lling of Christians & demanding referendum for Biafra @realDonaldTrump.

[B i a f r a T w i t t e r 🕊️ @BiafranTweets]

I have no case to answer, let me go -- Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.

[Uchechi Okwu-Kanu @OkwukKanu]

Yes! @PremiumTimesng
Mazi #NnamdiKanu stands as a mirror to the judicial system of Nigeria and the injustice and persecution of the Igbos in Nigeria.
#FreeNnamdiKanu
#FreeNnamdiKanuNow

[IPOB Liverpool Central @ipob_central]

Dear @realDonaldTrump, most of the people who paraded on your behalf are Biafrans, and they are still in detention just for showing solidarity to someone they love.

@real_DOS_Press @SecRubio @RepRileyMoore @MikeArnoldTruth
@ChinasaNworu

[Chinasa Nworu @ChinasaNworu]

Breaking News

Over 10 persons have been gunned down and many others still missing after fulani Herdsmen launched a deadly attack on Oglewu community in Ohimini LGA of Benue State.
Idoma Voice gathered that the attackers stormed the community around 5pm in Tuesday and unleashed terror on villagers.
The attack came shortly after security personnel and government officials left the community.
A Catholic Church and several buildings were razed.
@real_IpobDOS @radiobiafralive @WalidPhares @GunterFehlinger @GUnderground_TV @AEIfdp @Sean_ADFIntl @NGRSenate

[Mazi Ojadi Emeka @EmekaOjadi]

PUBLIC BRIEFING NOTE
FRN v. MAZI NNAMDI KANU
Federal High Court, Abuja – Hon. Justice James Omotosho
Tuesday, November 4, 2025

KANU HAS NO VALID LIVING OR EXTANT CHARGE AGAINST HIM.
NONE. ZERO. NULLITY.
THE ENTIRE CHARGE SHEET IS A LEGAL CORPSE — REPEALED, NON-EXISTENT, AND UNAMENDED IN OPEN DEFIANCE OF A SUPREME COURT ORDER.
That is not opinion.
That is black-letter law.
That is Section 36(12) CFRN 1999.
That is the Supreme Court judgment of 15 December 2023.
That is the truth the judge refused to acknowledge today.

PLAIN ENGLISH: WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN COURT – WITH REAL EXCHANGES
Kanu appeared in court, stood up, and represented himself. The courtroom was full, tense, and expectant.

1. Kanu: “My Lord, there is no charge before this court.”
Kanu immediately adopted his Motion on Notice filed on 30 October 2025, and said:

“My Lord, this court lacks jurisdiction. There is no charge against me that exists in any current Nigerian statute. I ask that the court strikes it out today.”

He requested a ruling immediately.

2. Judge refuses to rule, calls the application “not final.”
Justice Omotosho responded:

“This is not a final address. The court will take your motion at the appropriate stage.”

Kanu replied firmly:

“Jurisdiction is taken first, My Lord. Without a charge, there can be no stage.”

3. Kanu reads the Supreme Court judgment aloud in court
Kanu opened the certified judgment of the Supreme Court (15 Dec 2023) and read the famous paragraph of Garba JSC:

“Count 15 does not exist in the body of Nigerian laws. It is unknown to our law. The prosecution must amend it.”

He looked directly at the prosecution bench:

“You were ordered to amend it. You disobeyed. Yet you forced me to plead to a count that does NOT exist. That alone nullifies this entire proceeding.”

4. Prosecution caught flat-footed – no law cited
Kanu turned to Awomolo, SAN:

“Learned Silk, please tell this court the extant written law I allegedly broke.”

Awomolo SAN paused, shuffled his papers, and remained silent.
The court gallery murmured.

Kanu repeated slowly:

“Just one law. The name, section, and statute in force today.”

Still no answer.

5. Kanu invokes Section 36(12) – the constitutional kill-switch
Kanu:

“Section 36(12) is clear. No person shall be tried or convicted for any offence not defined in a written law. No written law = no offence = no charge = no trial = no detention. I should not be here, My Lord.”

Judge Omotosho replied:

“That provision applies at the point of conviction, not trial.”

Kanu shot back instantly:

“My Lord, respectfully, that is wrong. The moment the law dies, jurisdiction dies. The trial cannot begin. It is a nullity ab initio.”

6. Kanu cites global case law
Kanu raised his voice slightly and cited Lord Camden’s historic ruling in Entick v. Carrington (1765):

“If the offence is not found in our law books, it is not law.”

He added:

“My Lord must take judicial notice of the repeal. That is the Evidence Act, Section 122.”

Judge did not respond to the legal point.

7. Court tries to force defence to begin
Justice Omotosho:

“Mr. Kanu, are you ready to open your defence or not?”

Kanu:

“I will open my defence now — this minute — if you show me the extant law under which I am charged.”

Court fell silent.

8. Awomolo SAN attempts an attack — and fails
Awomolo SAN rose:

“He is wasting the time of the court. He should proceed to his defence.”

Kanu faced him squarely:

“Senior Advocate, you accuse me of wasting time? Produce the law. If you show it to me, I will enter the dock this second. Let the world hear it.”

Awomolo SAN sat down. Silent.

Observers whisper: “Checkmate.”

9. Kanu accuses the court of denying fair hearing
Kanu:

“This is constructive denial of fair hearing. You refuse to acknowledge the repeal of the law, refuse to obey the Supreme Court, refuse judicial notice. That is persecution, not a trial.”

Court did not challenge the statement.

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[Beauty Gina @BeautyGina4]

Don't get distracted in the midst of all things happening now I just want to inform us that the leader of the Indegenious People Of Biafra goes to Abuja Federal High Court tomorrow being the 4th of November

We are all being held at the DSS Igbos, Biafra, and Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is at the DSS includingall lover's of truth and freedom 🙌🏾
#FreeMaziNnamdiKanu

[DOS Press Secretary @real_DOS_Press]

Attention!

@GunterFehlinger
On 20th January 2017, Jewish adherents and Christians of Indigenous People Of Biafra #IPOB who came out to the streets of Port Harcourt in Eastern Nigeria (Biafraland) to rally and celebrate the inauguration of President Donald J. Trump as the 45th President of the United States of America were shot and killed by the orders of the Nigerian government and many who were arrested that day are still in different cells and detention centres in Nigeria till date.

All we are asking for is Referendum for the people of Biafra to decide their fate Nigeria.

The US and Europe failed Biafra in 1967-70 they cannot afford to repeat it again.
Let the US and Europe redeem their name and save #Biafra this time around.

@POTUS
@StateDept
@realDonaldTrump

#BiafraReferendumNow
#FreeMaziNnamdiKanuNow