Former Kaduna Central senator Shehu Sani has condemned the continuous detention of Maxi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.
Sani, in a statement on X on Tuesday, berated the indefinite adjournment of the IPOB leader.
Chronicle NG reports that the trial of Kanu has been adjourned indefinitely by Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja.
The ruling, made on Monday, comes after Kanu insisted that Nyako cannot sit over his case, citing her earlier recusal.
Chronicle NG had earlier reported that Kanu had been ordered to appear for a hearing on Monday, February 10, 2025, before Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja.
Reacting to the indefinite adjournment of the trial, Sani said, ”Keeping a man in prolonged detention and postponing his case indefinitely is totally unfair. I know there are sentiments and fears, but injustice is not the way to justice.
”A problem can’t be solved by stopping the clock. I have been in prison long enough to know the pains and anguish of isolation. Until you experience the cell, you will never know the cell.”
Kanu had earlier petitioned the National Judicial Council, accusing Justice Nyako of judicial malpractice in handling his trial.
The IPOB leader has been detained in DSS custody since June 2021, after he was arrested in Kenya. Since his arrest, he has been facing terrorism-related charges leveled against him by the government.
