Although Kanu was produced in court in obedience to an order of the court, DSS asked the Abuja Chief Magistrate Court to hands off his trial on the grounds that it lacked jurisdiction to adjudicate on terrorism cases. The 90 days extension was granted by the court to enable investigation into allegations of acts of terrorism and financing of terrorism leveled against him by the Federal Government.
The trial Chief Magistrate, had at last sitting, ordered the DSS to produce Kanu in court.
When the case was called, counsel to the DSS, Mr. Moses Idakwo drew the
attention of Chief Magistrate Shuaib Usman to the Federal High Court
order of Justice Adeniyi Ademola granting further detention of Kanu for
another 90 days.However, Counsel to the accused person, Mr. Vincent Egechukwu Obeta objected vehemently to the order of the court and the application that the Magistrate Court steps down from Kanu’s trial.
He insisted that the bail earlier granted the accused person must be first complied with before any application for transfer of the case to a federal high court can be entertained.
Usman has, however, adjourned ruling on whether to step down from the trial or not till December 1.
The Magistrate Court had last week ordered the Department of the State Security Service (DSSS) to produce the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu unfailingly before the court yesterday to answer criminal charges brought against him by the federal government.
Chief Magistrate Shuaib Usman gave the order following the absence of the accused in court when the trial was to commence.
The DSS had last week refused to bring Kanu to court despite an order made on October 23 to that effect.
Magistrate Usman insisted that no trial can continue in a criminal case in the absence of the accused adding that the only condition that can make a court to excuse the absence of an accused has not come up.
Kanu is standing trial on Criminal conspiracy, managing and belonging to an unlawful society and criminal intimidation contrary to Section 97, 97B and 397 of the penal code.
The fact of the case, according to DSS report was that the accused formed an unlawful society with the purpose of bringing into being a Republic of Biafra.
He was alleged to have proclaimed himself as the leader of the Republic of Biafra and established a radio of Biafra.
Kanu was also alleged to have appointed himself Commander of the Loyal Forces of Biafra and was broadcasting to the whole world the dire consequences of the government and people of Nigeria will surfer should they attempt hinder the actualization of the Republic of Biafra.
The widow called on Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, (NERC) and Governor Willie Obiano to prevail on EEDC to pay the compensation because of death of her husband cause by EEDC cable.
Narrating her ordeal, “my husband was a commercial motorcycle operator and on that fateful day he returned and rode his motorcycle to Okpoko to see her sister and on coming back his friend flagged him down and he carried him in his motorbike. So as both of them were coming to our house they did not know that the EEDC cable that fell on the road was still bearing current and on crossing it both were electrocuted immediately. Since they were electrocuted and buried, EEDC had not asked me about the incident.”
She said that one of her three kids (a twin) had died out of hunger and medication as the family has been struke with hardship since the demise of the bread winner, her husband.
She said “on that fateful day I was in the house at Ezeiweka road, Obosi, Idemili North Local Government Area when people rushed to me shouting, your husband has been electrocuted with one man in his motorcycle”.
“As I wanted to rush to the scene they held me and pleaded that I should stay back and I handed everything to God and I stayed back” she said.
“My problem now is that he was the bread winner, I have no business doing and out of hunger and lack of medication I lost one of my three children (a twin) and now have two sons aged, nine and seven years.
“They don’t go to school and the house rent is not being paid because there is no money as I now go cap in hand soliciting for what we shall eat just to keep body and soul together”.
“The funny thing is that the cable has continued to fall and officials of EEDC will only be interested in bringing bills to us. So because they abandon me to my faith I am giving them three weeks ultimatum to pay me N150 million for killing my husband and the trauma I have gone through, failure I will have no other option than to drag EEDC to court to seek justice”, she stated.
In a related development a trader who runs restaurant at the same Ezeiweka road, Mr. Amalckukwu Adito, owner of Nature Hills Garden, has vowed to drag the EEDC to court demanding N10 million compensation and to be paid within three weeks failure which we would sue EEDC.
According to him, “we live in fear here because their cables fall almost weekly from the high tension and severally people have been touched”.
“My restaurant, with the three refrigerators, chairs, gas cooker and all cooking utensils including the building were all razed as the cable on falling down set everything on fire”. As it is now my business has been grounded here and the cables still cut and fall because of overload” he stated.
Source:(DAILY SUN)
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