Biafra: Abaribe, Jewish High Priest risk jail over Kanu’s trial

…I don’t know my client’s whereabout—Kanu’s lawyer

ABUJA—THE whereabout of the leader of the proscribed Indegenous People of Biafra,(IPOB), Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, may have placed a serving Senator, Enyinnaya Abaribe and a Jewish High Chief Priest, Immanuu El-Shalom at risk of being sent to prison.

Both Abaribe, who is representing Abia South Senatorial District and El-Shalom, had on April 28, entered an undertaken to produce Kanu before the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court on October 17 to face treasonable felony charge the Federal Government preferred against him and four other pro-Biafra agitators.

   Nnamdi Kanu

Kanu was billed to appear before trial Justice Binta Nyako to be re-arraigned on an amended five count charge marked  FHC/ABJ/CR/383/2015, alongside his co-defendants, Chidiebere Onwudiwe, Benjamin Madubugwu, David Nwawuisi and Bright Chimezie.   However, Kanu’s lead counsel, Mr. Ifeanyi Ejiofor, in a telephone interview with Vanguard last night, said he does not know the whereabout of his client.

Ejiofor said his only contact with the Indegenous People of Biafra leader was few minutes before soldiers “invaded” his (Kanu’s) hometown.He said that Kanu called him on phone, complaining that he was under attack from soldiers that were deployed to his compound by Federal Government.

Ejiofor who said he would not be surprised if Federal Government (FG) decides to move against those that stood surety for his client, maintained that the burden was on the prosecution to produce Kanu in court on the adjourned date.

“The fact is that they are in a position to produce him at the next adjourned date. It is public knowledge that my client had before his house was invaded, always made himself available for trial.“He never evaded trial as he made it known that he was ready. If