Last week, the court threatened to jail the SSS DG if he continued to deny lawyers access to Nnamdi Kanu.
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Mr Ejimakor said the court’s summon was triggered by an alleged “refusal” of Mr Ajayi “to retrace his steps” after he was warned to stop blocking lawyers from having access to Mr Kanu or face imprisonment. “It is self-evident that Mr Ajayi is acting on the legal advice emanating from their private Counsel, Asiwaju Adegboyega Awomolo , who is holding the fiat of the Attorney-General of the Federation ,” Mr Ejimakor stated.The judge, however, later took over the case following the directive from the chief justice of Nigeria.
The lawyer asked the federal government to “follow their logic” by freeing Mr Kanu “immediately” since the IPOB leader was being detained and tried on the order earlier made by the judge. “Like we had indicated in the recent past, no criminal trial can ever happen when the conditions of detention or the locale of custody of the defendant is fraught with man-made hindrances to the adequate preparation of the defendant for his defence, particularly access to the lawyers that are conducting his defence,” the special counsel stated.
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