The Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed November 20, 2025, for the judgment in the terrorism case brought against the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Maxi Nnamdi Kanu.
The development came after the IPOB leader had firmly refused to open his defence within the six days allocated to him by the court to present his case.
Announcing the date for the judgement, on Friday, Justice James Omotosho
held that since Nnamdi Kanu failed to avail himself the opportunity granted him to conduct his defence, he could not claim to have been denied his constitutionally guaranteed right to a fair hearing.
Also on Friday, Maxi Kanu made a motion challenging his trial, maintaining that terrorism was no longer an offence in Nigeria.
He insisted that the earlier Terrorism Prevention and Prohibition Act had been repealed, and consequently, no valid charges could be slammed against him.
Kanu, therefore, submitted that there was no case against him. He then urged the court to dismiss the charges and allow him to go home, a free man.
