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From Godwin Tsa, Abuja
The trial of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, resumed on Monday with both the Federal government and the defendant engaging a new set of lawyers to present their case.
While the Federal government has engaged the services of Chief Adegboyega Awomolo to prosecute Kanu for an alleged treasonable felony, the defendant on his part has hired a new set of lawyers led by Pam Ejiofor and Aloy Ejimakor for his defence.
Awomolo is taking over from David Kaswe a senior lawyer from the Federal Ministry of Justice in Abuja who has been handling the case for the federal government.
No reason has been adduced for the change in the legal team being led before now by Chief Mike Ozekhome SAN and Ifeanyi Ejiofor.
Meanwhile, the court has already been jam-parked by lawyers, traditional rulers, clergymen, family members, and sympathisers of the Biafra agitator present.
Kanu has already been brought to the courtroom by the operatives of the Department of State Service DS$
