According to reports, the judge adjourned the case for February 16th, 2022 to hear the pro-Biafra activist’s motions.

Nnamdi Kanu had pleaded not guilty to the charges of treasonable felony.

However, after taking his plea, Mr. Shuaibu Labaran, the prosecutor’s counsel, notified the court that he was ready to proceed with the trial.

He claimed to have brought two witnesses to testify against the Defendant.

However, Kanu’s lead counsel, Mike Ozekhome, revealed that he had on Tuesday evening, filed a 43-paged Preliminary Objection for the charge to be quashed and struck out without the matter proceeding to trial.

“We are further asking that the Defendant should be discharged and acquitted as there is nothing in this charge. It has no basis at all.

“We also have a motion requesting the court to grant bail to the Defendant”, Ozekhome added.

Labaran objected to Ozekhome’s submission, claiming that Nnamdi Kanu’s two petitions were not ready for hearing.

The Nigerian government lawyer emphasized that he would need time to read over them before responding.

“In essence, the business of the day cannot be allowed to be truncated by these applications”, he argued.

In her ruling, Justice Nyako stated that since Kanu’s first motion challenges the propriety of his trial as well as the competence of the charge against him, the court should hear it first.

“As for the second motion (on the issue of bail), I don’t even want to talk about it, at least not at this stage”, Justice Nyako held.