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Alex Enumah in Abuja
A federal lawmaker from Abia State, Hon Obi Aguocha, on Thursday pleaded with Justice James Omotosho to be merciful in sentencing detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, convicted on terrorism charge.
He made the appeal while pleading ‘allocutus’ on behalf of the defendant who was not physically present in court when the judgment was delivered.
Kanu, had midway into his trial sacked his lawyers and opted to represent himself.
After convicting Kanu on all seven count charge, prosecution counsel, Chief Adegboyega Awomolo, SAN, prayed the court to hand down the maximum punishment of death penalty, so as to serve as deterrent to others, pointing out that terrorism related offences have been on the increase in the country of recent.
Besides, the senior lawyer submitted that the maximum punishment will serve justice to all the victims of his acts of terrorism.
He predicated the demand on the grounds that more than 75 security personnel lost their lives due to the terrorism activities of Kanu, his groups and followers, while many other innocent Nigerians were also killed and public property destroyed.
Responding, Omotosho informed the court that he would not allow the unruly behaviour of the defendant deny him the opportunity to plead for leniency.
The judge subsequently called one of his consultant, Alloy Ejimakor to plead allocutus on behalf of the IPOB leader, but, Ejimakor who observed that he was not a counsel on record and not been properly dressed as a minister in the temple of justice cannot plead allocutus.
He thereafter yielded the floor to the lawmaker from Kanu’s constituency.
Aguocha, who informed the court that Kanu was his schoolmate back then urged the court to be lenient to the convict, who according to him should be between 56 and 57 years.
Meanwhile, the court has stood down proceedings to deliver sentence few minutes to 4pm.
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Alex Enumah in Abuja A federal lawmaker from Abia State, Hon Obi Aguocha, on Thursday pleaded with Justice James Omotosho to be merciful in sentencing detained leader of the Indigenous
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