BREAKING: NBA Suspends Justice Omotosho Over Kanu Judgment—First Time In Nigerian Legal History

BREAKING: IPOB Strikes Again! Two Officers Dead As Kanu Sits In Prison—Tinubu Under Pressure!

Two police officers are dead. Their patrol vehicle is still burning on Agbani Road in Enugu. And the gunmen who pulled the triggers are believed to be members of the Eastern Security Network, the armed wing of IPOB. This happened on January 15, 2026, just two days ago, and it has sent shockwaves across Nigeria because while politicians in Abuja are debating whether President Bola Tinubu should release Nnamdi Kanu, the violence in the southeast is not waiting for their decision. It is escalating. It is deadly. And it is forcing the federal government into a corner where doing nothing is no longer an option.
The attack happened in broad daylight. Eyewitnesses say the gunmen arrived at the checkpoint on motorcycles, heavily armed, and opened fire without warning. The two officers did not stand a chance. Within minutes, the patrol vehicle was engulfed in flames, and the attackers had disappeared into the streets of Enugu. This is not the first time IPOB or groups claiming to operate under its ideology have targeted security personnel, but the timing of this attack is what makes it significant. Because right now, as of January 17, 2026, Nnamdi Kanu is sitting in Sokoto Maximum Security Prison serving a life sentence handed down by Justice James Omotosho on November 20, 2025. And the question everyone is asking is whether keeping him locked up is making the situation better or worse.
President Tinubu is under immense pressure. Forty-four federal lawmakers have written to him urging a political solution. Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has visited Kanu in prison and met privately with the president in December 2025, claiming he has activated an agreed strategy. And now, in a move that has stunned Nigeria's legal community, the Nigerian Bar Association has approved suspension proceedings against Justice Omotosho over concerns about the quality and legality of the judgment. For the first time in recent Nigerian legal history, the NBA is holding a sitting Federal High Court judge accountable in a life imprisonment case. This is not about politics. This is about whether the trial met the minimum standards of due process and jurisdiction.
But while the lawyers argue in Abuja and the politicians negotiate behind closed doors, the violence on the streets of the southeast is not slowing down. The sit-at-home orders continue to cripple the regional economy. Businesses are closing. Families are fleeing. And now, two more officers have paid the ultimate price. The question is no longer whether Nnamdi Kanu should be released. The question is whether Nigeria can afford to keep him in prison while the region he claims to represent descends further into chaos. This is the story they are not telling you on mainstream media. This is the real crisis unfolding in Nigeria right now in January 2026.
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