Overview
- Justice James Omotosho ruled that Nnamdi Kanu waived his right to present a defence under Section 36 after repeatedly declining to do so.
- Judgment was fixed for 20 November in Abuja following what the court recorded as a sixth refusal to enter a defence.
- Earlier on Friday, proceedings were stood down to let Kanu file a process and depose to an affidavit inside the courtroom.
- Kanu and State Security Service officers gave conflicting accounts over whether security protocols prevented earlier filings, and the judge directed registry staff to attend to him in court and at the SSS.
- The prosecution closed with five witnesses in June; the court dismissed Kanu’s no‑case submission in September, and he later challenged jurisdiction by arguing there is no valid terrorism law.