In a significant shift, Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the pro-Biafra movement, has begun presenting his defence against terrorism charges filed by the Federal Government.
This move comes after he complied with an order from the Federal High Court in Abuja.
The court proceedings were adapted to facilitate this step.
Justice James Omotosho temporarily relocated the court’s registry to his courtroom to allow Kanu’s legal team to file the necessary documents directly.
This followed previous complaints from Kanu about the process.
The government’s counsel, Adegboyega Awomolo, informed the court that he would accept the legal filings from Kanu within the courtroom and would prepare a formal response.
To accommodate the ongoing filing process, Justice Omotosho has paused the proceedings for one hour.
Until now, Kanu had consistently refused to mount a defence, demanding that the government first show him the specific anti-terrorism law he is accused of breaking.
Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.
Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.
He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.
Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).
He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.
He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.
Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled: Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.
