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IPOB Leader Nnamdi Kanu Fires His Legal Team

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The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has dismissed his legal team led by Mike Ozekhome, SAN.

Kanu also terminated the services of his medical team for failing to provide a medical report validating his alleged heart-related illness.

The decision came barely one month after the Supreme Court’s judgment on Friday, December 15, 2023, which mandated the continuation of Kanu’s trial on terrorism charges.

The case which commenced in 2015, had been placed on hold at the Federal High Court Abuja after the Court of Appeal dismissed the charges in October 2022. The Court of Appeal’s decision was based on the illegality of Kanu’s extradition from Kenya to Nigeria in June 2021 for the continuation of his trial.

However, the Supreme Court ruled in December that Kanu’s trial on terrorism charges must continue. Judicial sources, confirming the dismissal of the legal team, stated that Kanu was dissatisfied with the Supreme Court’s decision and subsequently ordered the dissolution of the legal team.

The sources further revealed that another Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Kanu Agabi, would be enlisted as the embattled IPOB leader continues to contest his case in court.

Notably, Kanu’s family had previously dismissed the legal team in June 2023.

A statement issued by Kanu’s younger brother, Kanunta Kanu, and posted on his social media handle, read: “I hereby formally notify @MikeozekhomeSAN and @IfeanyiEjiofor that their services are no longer required in #MaziNnamdiKanu’s case pending before the Supreme Court of Nigeria and all matters concerning him.”

The objective is to have Kanu transferred to Kuje prison, where he will have unrestricted access to people.

Heart-Breaking:18-year-old high school senior dies after being shot, crashing car in woods

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An 18-year-old man has died in Prince George’s County after he was found suffering from a gunshot wound during the investigation into a single-car crash on Tuesday night. Detectives say that they do not believe that it was a random crime.

Officers responded to the 5300 block of Sheriff Road around 11:20 p.m. on Jan. 9 for a report of gunshots fired and a single-car crash.

Police found the victim in the car suffering from a gunshot wound. He was taken to the hospital, where he was shortly pronounced dead. The victim was later identified as 18-year-old Olamide Olakanye of Upper Marlboro, Maryland. 

Further investigation revealed that Olakanye had been shot in the 1200 block of Dunbar Oaks Drive and tried to drive away from the scene before crashing in a wooded area on Sheriff Road.

No arrest has been made at the time of filing this report. Detectives are working to determine a motive and identify a suspect(s).

According to the report on the GoFundMe page, Olamide, also known as Stephen, was a senior at Charles Herbert Flowers High School and had plans to go to Towson University. He was shot and killed on January 9th.

Here’s a link to GoFundMe to assist with his funeral: https://www.gofundme.com/f/olamide-olakanye

America’s First Female Supreme Court Justice, Sandra Day O’Connor Dies at 93

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Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first female to sit on America’s highest court and an unwavering voice of moderate conservatism, died on Friday, December 1, in Phoenix Arizona. According to a statement by the Supreme Court, O’Connor died from complications linked to advanced dementia and respiratory illness. She was 93.

She was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981, and sat on the court for more than 24 years until her retirement in 2006. O’Connor whose husband suffered from Alzheimer’s, withdrew from public life in 2018 after she was diagnosed with dementia. She announced that as her condition progressed, she was no longer able to participate in public life.

Throughout her 24-year term on the bench, O’Connor voted on some of the most belligerent issues the court has faced, including affirmative action and abortion. One of her most momentous roles was in the 5-4 vote in Bush v. Gore, as she joined justices Anthony Kennedy, William Rehnquist, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas in a decision that led to George W. Bush’s 2000 election win.

In 2009, she was awarded the ‘Presidential Medal of Freedom’ for her role in transforming the American judiciary, paving the way for women to join what had been a men-only club.

She is survived by her three sons, Scott, Brian, and Jay.