Senior lawyer leading Nnamdi Kanu’s legal team, Kanu Agabi has applied to withdraw legal representation for the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
Gatekeepers News reports that Agabi made the disclosure during the court session on Thursday.
Agabi said the defendant has chosen to defend himself in the case.
All the senior advocates of Nigeria (SAN) on the defence team have also withdrawn from the trial.
Kanu told the court that he would be representing himself for now, but that he may decide to get a lawyer later. When the judge asked if he should be assigned a lawyer, he declined the offer.
Defending himself orally, Kanu argued that the court lacks the jurisdiction to try him.
Kanu was first arrested in 2015 but fled the country after being granted bail in 2017. He was later re-arrested in 2021 and has since remained in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS).
