There is no legal basis for a trial of Chinakwe, according to Monday Ubani, the incoming second national vice president of the Nigeria Bar Association:
Hakuna msingi wowote wa sharia dhidi ya shtaka la Chinakwe, hii ni kwa mujibu wa Monday Ubani, ambaye ni Makamu wa pili ajae wa Jumuia ya Kitaifa ya Wanasheria wa Nigeria: