In a rare case in the history of legal proceedings in the world, Nnamdi Kanu, the detained Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB helped himself at the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday and played the role of a lawyer with full energy and vibrant command of words with fearless loud voice defended himself  with face to face confrontation with the trial judge, Justice Binta Nyako and the Federal Government Prosecution counsel, Adegboyega Awomolo.

Nnamdi Kanu while confronting the Judge, asked Justice Binta Nyako why could she be conducting his trial contrary to the provisions of the laws of Nigeria and International treaties which Nigeria is signatory to.

A voice of Justice Binta Nyako could be heard in the video posted online trying to respond to Nnamdi Kanu queries but the commanding voice and continuous marshaling of words with historical citation of facts and sections of the laws by Nnamdi Kanu suppressed the voice of the judge.

The video shows Nnamdi Kanu speaking at a corridor in front of a mini office inside the court room where Justice Binta Nyako was inside  listening and tried to respond to the detained Biafra leader’s confrontations and allegations of injustice and intimidation.

Nnamdi Kanu, according to BBC, also confronted the Federal Government prosecution lawyer, Adegboyega Awomolo and called him a terrorist.

Kanu pointed at FG lawyer, Adegboyega Awomolo and said in quote thus: “You are a terrorist. You no get power to try me.”

Nnamdi Kanu actions and reactions began when the trial judge, Justice Binta Nyako denied him bail or refused to grant him house arrest. The court ruling forced Nnamdi Kanu to raise his hand and insisted of addressing the court himself.

Nnamdi Kanu on Monday after the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja dismissed his fresh bail application for him to be removed from the Department of State Service (DSS), while speaking with news reporters, said that Nigerian court seeking to try him is committing an act of terrorism.

Nnamdi Kanu condemned Nigeria government for allegedly violating the provisions of Terrorism Prevention and Prohibition Act by seeking to try him.

Justice Binta Nyako had on Monday dismissed Kanu’s fresh application seeking the restoration of his revoked bail and his removal from the DSS custody to a house arrest or prison custody.

Justice Nyako, dismissed the application for lacking in merit, and ruled that Kanu had brought the same application before the court.

Reacting to the claim that the Supreme Court’s ruling in 2023 indicating that Kanu did not jump bail, Justice Nyako said that she found, as a fact, that the IPOB leader jumped the bail granted to him earlier, and that he escaped out of Nigeria.

Justice Nyako in her ruling said that the sureties who stood for Kanu in the earlier bail, had applied to be discharged, and had been discharged on the ground that they could not locate Kanu and did not know his whereabouts.

Justice Binta Nyako stated further that the only option left for Kanu was to go to the Court of Appeal and should proceed to the appellate court to exercise his right of appeal.

The judge overruled the claim of Kanu’s lead counsel, that the Supreme Court held that the earlier bail granted him, ought not to have been revoked.

According to the judge, she has perused the Supreme Court judgment copy, and did not see the claim by Kanu’s lawyer.

Irked by the ruling, Kanu said that Section 2(3)(f) of Terrorism Prevention and Prohibition Act provided that any court seeking to try him was committing an act of terrorism.

Kanu insisted that he did not jump bail earlier granted to him and that no Nigerian court could try him.

“Terrorism Prohibition Act says I cannot be tried in Nigeria. I can never be tried in any court of law in Nigeria. That is what the law says.

Anybody coming to try me is a terrorist. That is what the law says. Section 2(3)(f) of Terrorism Prevention and Prohibition Act says that any court trying to try me is committing an act of terrorism. 

You cannot violate a treaty that Nigeria entered into and come to try that person. It is not done anywhere in the world. That is why there is all these ridiculous delays.

The Supreme Court said that I did not jump bail. My home was invaded. They came to kill me and I survived. They came to Kenya to kidnap me, brought me back to this country and seeking to try me, which the law says cannot happen. 

You cannot violate a treaty that Nigeria entered into and hope to stand on that illegality to conduct a trial. It is not done anywhere in the world. No exception whatsoever. 

Section 12 of the constitution (Nigeria) says that any treaty ratified by Nigeria becomes a law. You cannot change it. It doesn’t matter what they do. All these shenanigans is just pure rubbish. I believe in fairness and justice”, Nnamdi Kanu stated in quote.