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Abuja High Court Permits IPOB Leader Kanu To Watch Liverpool Matches

Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu is poised to watch the season finale in the English Premier League on Sunday as title chasing Liverpool play their last game of the season against Wolverhampton Wanderers reports Prime Business Africa.

Kanu is a lifelong Liverpool fans since age 7 and is set to cheer his team as they seek to usurp champions Manchester City. City will face off against Aston Villa.

Only on Wednesday Kanu told the judge of the Federal High Court Abuja, Binta Murtala Nyako that he is an avid fan of the Reds after talks with Kanu’s legal counsel Mike Ozhekhome had centered on the Department of State Services (DSS) not allowing Ozhekhome and other counsels unhindered access to the IPOB leader.

Nyako had jokingly mentioned that she was a fan of Liverpool and asked Ozekhome which club was his favourite. Ozekhome replied that he was also a Liverpool fan.

Nyako then asked the Nigerian – British activist Kanu if he was a fan of Chelsea Football Club as he dons a particular designer outfit to court.

Kanu responded, “My team is Liverpool even from age of seven.”

The judge then then ordered the DSS legal director who was in court to allow Kanu to watch the matches of his favourite football club.

Kanu was standing trial on Wednesday albeit he was not granted the much expected bail by the Court.

Both the Reds and City go into the final games of the season with 89 and 90 points respectively.

Liverpool are still in the hunt for a quadruple and will play in the UEFA Champions League final on May 28 against Real Madrid.

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.