Nnamdi Kanu news

The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Thursday declared as illegal and unlawful, the abduction of the Biafra nation agitator, Nnamdi Kanu from Kenya to Nigeria.

“Treaties and Protocols are meant to be obeyed. The Appeal Court further held that the failure of the Federal Government to disclose where and when the alleged offences brought against Kanu were committed was also fatal to the terrorism charges and made them liable to dismissal. The Court held that the Federal Government breached all local and international laws in the forceful rendition of Kanu to Nigeria, thereby making the terrorism charges against him incompetent and unlawful.

The court of appeal in Abuja has struck out the terrorism charge filed against Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).

The court further held that having illegally and forcefully renditioned the appellant, the trial court is stripped of jurisdiction to continue to try Kanu. The court held that it was necessary for the country to prove the legality of Kanu’s arrival in Nigeria. In its judgment on Thursday, the appellate court held that the respondent, by not responding to the appellant’s submissions, conceded to the allegation that Kanu was forcefully renditioned from Kenya to Nigeria.

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has ruled that the rendition of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, from Kenya was ...

Count 11: Threatened members of the public not to come out on 31st May, 2021. “Count 10: Incited members of the public to destroy public facilities. In the update on the court ruling provided by Kanu’s lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, he said, “UPDATE Onyendu MAZI NNAMDI KANU’s abduction and extraordinary rendition from Kenya is declared illegal and consequently constitutes a bar to further proceeding /trial.