{"id":5243,"date":"2025-03-21T10:50:20","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T10:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/?p=5243"},"modified":"2025-03-21T10:50:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T10:50:53","slug":"5243","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/03\/21\/5243\/","title":{"rendered":"Kanu, IPOB leader, begs for forgiveness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5244\" src=\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/download-1-4-300x168.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/download-1-4-300x168.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/download-1-4.jpeg 332w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kanu<\/p>\n<p>By Publisher<\/p>\n<p>Kindly share:<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>has formally apologised to the Federal High Court, Justice Binta Nyako, and Adegboyega Awomolo, SAN, over his conduct at the last proceedings of his trial.<\/p>\n<p>In making the passionate plea for forgiveness, Kanu also promised to be of good conduct throughout the duration of his trial.<\/p>\n<p>This was contained in a lengthy prepared speech delivered by his lead counsel, Mr. Kanu Agabi, who was a former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Kanu specifically appealed to Justice Nyako and Awomolo to forgive and forget his outburst and attacks against them in open court.Agabi admitted that Kanu had a reason to be angry but should not have spoken in that mood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn expressing his anger, he attacked the Federal High Court, he attacked Justice Binta Nyako, he attacked the prosecutor, and he attacked his own lawyers,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hereby apologise to Justice Binta Nyako. She did not deserve the unjust attack. I apologise to Chief Adegboyega Awomolo, SAN. He deserves the highest respect. He was castigated without reservations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI appeal for forgiveness. Kanu is a good man, but all of us cannot be of one mind. He is not perfect but is defending the cause of the Igbo people, who are resilient, fearless, and use their God-given talents to give a good account of themselves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe may have misgivings, but we must seek forgiveness. In resolving our differences, let us employ peace and not violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>Reacting to the development, Awomolo, SAN, said he was touched by the plea, adding that he had forgiven Kanu for all he said against him.<\/p>\n<p>Awomolo added that he was not a persecutor but a prosecutor and that they work to ensure the quick resolution of the charges.<\/p>\n<p>More details later.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kanu By Publisher Kindly share: Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has formally apologised&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5244,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[740,739,59],"class_list":["post-5243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-independent-people-of-biafra","tag-justice-binta-nyako","tag-nnamdi-kanu"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.8 - 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