Abuja Protest: Court Remands Nnamdi Kanu’s Lawyer, Brother, 10 Others In Prison

A day after the #FreeNnamdiKanu protest, an Abuja Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Kuje yesterday ordered the remand of Mr. Aloy Ejimakor, a member of the legal team representing the detained IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, in Kuje Prison.

Kanu, who is answering to a seven-count terrorism charge, has been in custody of the Department of State Services, DSS, since 2021.

Ejimakor was remanded alongside Kanu’s younger brother, Emmanuel (otherwise known as Fineboy), and 10 others arrested while protesting for the unconditional release of the embattled IPOB leader.

Police, in the First Information Report, FIR, it filed before the court, alleged that the defendants held the #FreeNnamdiKanu protest in disobedience to a court order, chanted war songs while disrupting the free flow of traffic.

According to the police, they engaged in criminal conspiracy, incited disturbance and disturbed public peace, offences punishable under sections 152, 114 and 113 of the Penal Code.

The charge against the defendants read: “That on 20th day of October, 2025, you (1). Barrister Aloy Ejimakor, (2). Prince Emmnauel Kanu, (3). Joshua Emmanuel, (4). Bishop Wilson Anyalewechi, (5). Barrister Okere Kingdom Nnamdi, (6). Clinton Chimeneze, (7). Gabriel Joshua, (8). Isiaka Husseini, (9). Onyekachi Ferdinand. (10). Amadi Prince, (11). Edison Ojisom, and (12). Godwill Obiama, all male adults of FCT Abuja were arrested by a team of security agents in different locations within FCT while involving yourselves in inciting disturbance, and breach of public Peace in disobedience to a court Order, denying other citizens the freedom of movement, disrupting free flow of traffic while chanting war songs and requesting for the release of Nnamdi Kanu, who is undergoing lawful trial at the Federal High Court in a manner that threatens national security.

“You thereby committed the above mentioned offences.”