Ejiofor who checked out the IPOB leader in DSS detention on Monday, explained the fresh 15 count charge as the worst abuse ever of court procedure and a joke taken too far.

“Today, we were served with a 15-Count Amended Charge submitted by the Director of Public Prosecution of the Federation in respect of a case already set up tomorrow, for the hearing of our Preliminary objection challenging the proficiency of the 7-Count Amended Charge.

“This is certainly a joke taken too far as the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) is now scouting for a chance to truncate tomorrow’s case, knowing fully well that the smokescreen charge is dead on arrival.

“This 15-Count Amended Charge was no doubt generated bad faith and is targeted at needlessly lengthening procedures in the cause. The same FGN that brought our Client to Court is needlessly initiating procedures that will postpone the trial.

“It merits to keep in mind that an Amended 7-Count Charge had actually earlier been filed against Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu because October 2021, pursuant to which a preliminary objection was raised against this 7-Count Amended Charge. The parties have actually completely submitted and exchanged processes and arguments on the objection, and the very same has been set down for hearing.

“Brazenly, a day before the hearing date, and without paying for the court the opportunity to listen to arguments on the objection, and take a choice on the objection raised one method or the other, the prosecution, in utter bad faith, filed a further Amended Charge to supercede and supplant the earlier Amended Charge on which issues have actually been joined on the objection raised against it. This is undoubtedly, the worst sort of abuse of court process.

“Although the prosecution has the liberty to modify a charge, it can not work out that prerogative to abuse the procedure of the court, or to supplant an objection that has actually been raised against an earlier modification, which has actually not been selected, or to overreach the defence, or to render nugatory or as a fait accompli, the decision of the court on a pending preliminary objection against an Amended Charge that is yet to be identified.

“Nevertheless, we herein assure UmuChineke that we have already created a service to every of their shenanigans, it will just end in court, they can only run thus far.

“We therefore, advise you all to await the legal fireworks in court. There need to be light at the end of the tunnel”.

ToriNG