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The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory on Thursday upheld the appeal of the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People ...

The Appeal Court further held that the failure of the Federal Government to disclose where and when the alleged offences were committed was also fatal to the terrorism charges and made them liable to dismissal. Kanu was first arraigned on December 23, 2015, and was later granted bail on April 25, 2017. The Appellate 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 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.

Kanu is being prosecuted by the Federal Government at the Federal High Court in Abuja for 15 count charges bordering on treasonable felony, terrorism, and ...

The court further held that the trial judge was in grave error to have breached the right to fair hearing of Nnamdi Kanu It added that the manner in which Nnamdi Kanu was procured and brought before the court was not evaluated by the lower court, before assuming jurisdiction to try him. A three-man panel of the Court of Appeal however said the Federal High Court lacks the jurisdiction to try him in view of his abduction and extraordinary rendition to Nigeria in flagrant violation of the OAU convention and protocol on extradition.

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri. The Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Thursday, quashed the terrorism charge the Federal Government preferred against the detained leader ...

Nevertheless, the appellate court said it would be pre-judicial for it to make an order on the proscription of IPOB since the issue is still on appeal. “The court will never shy away from calling the Executive to order when it tilts towards Executive recklessness”, the Appellate court held, even as it accused FG of engaging in “serious abuse of power”. The appellate court noted that FG failed to refute the allegation that the IPOB leader was in Kenya and that he was abducted and brought back to the country without any extradition proceeding.

In a lead judgment, the appellate court held that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to proceed with the charge by the fact that Kanu was forcefully abducted ...

” The warrant of arrest issued against Kanu by the Federal High Court can only be executed in any part of Nigeria and not outside the shores of the country. “The forceful abduction from Kenya and rendention to Nigeria by the Federal Government is a clear violation of International Convention, Protocols and guidlines. In a lead judgment, the appellate court held that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to proceed with the charge by the fact that Kanu was forcefully abducted in Kenya and extraordinary rendered to Nigeria.

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.

In a judgement on Thursday, the Court of Appeal panel led by Jummai Sankey struck out all remaining charges against Mr Kanu, ruling that the lower court “lacks ...

The offence is said to be punishable under section 1(2)(b) of the Terrorism Prevention Amendment Act 2015. Good journalism costs a lot of money. Mr Kanu allegedly ordered whoever flouted the order should “write his/her will”, and as a result banks, schools, markets, shopping malls, and fuel stations domiciled in the eastern states of Nigeria must not open for business. Cap, C45 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004. The offence is said to be punishable under 1(2)(h) of the Terrorism Prevention Amendment Act 2013. The prosecution said the offence is punishable under section 1(2)(b) of the Terrorism (Prevention) Amendment Act (2013).

The release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, from the custody of the Department of State Services, DSS,

He said, “I don’t see Kanu’s release as a threat to Peter Obi. They are now following their master, Kanu, so Peter Obi and other presidential candidates who were relying on the South-East may have to look for alternatives. This is going to affect Peter Obi more than other candidates”. “Before he was detained, he clearly told everyone that election would not hold in Igbo land. DAILY POST reports that prior to his arrest, Nnamdi Kanu, who is a major opinion leader in the South-East, had ruled out the possibility of the Nigerian government conducting elections in the region. The release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, from the custody of the Department of State Services, DSS, may affect the chances of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi to win the 2023 election.

Nnamdi Kanu was illegally arrested and extradited, a court rules in a major blow to the government.

But the idea of Biafra has never gone away and despite the arrests of his members, Mr Kanu's movement has seen a recent swell in its numbers. In 1967 Igbo leaders declared independence for the state of Biafra, but after a civil war, which led to the deaths of up to a million people, the secessionist rebellion was defeated. The Attorney General's office added that the court's decision was only based on the extradition of Mr Kanu, and did not apply to those charges that predate it which "remain valid issues for judicial determination".

The court earlier had discharged Mr Kanu, ruling that the Federal High Court lacks the jurisdiction to try him in view of his abduction and extraordinary ...

Let my people go.” “And he should be allowed to go home tomorrow by the time we get a certified true copy of the judgment, we serve it to the Office of the Attorney-General and the DSS to allow Nnamdi Kanu go. Nnamdi Kanu should be allowed to go home tomorrow – Mike Ozekhome, Senior Advocate of Nigeria

He said Kanu was extradited to face trial in Nigeria for charges bordering on treasonable felony instituted against him at the Federal High Court in Abuja, in ...

Others have feared whether the FG would honour the judgement of the court, since the government on more than one occasion, had disregarded court orders. However, mixed reactions, mostly jubilations, have trailed Kanu’s release especially from people in the southeastern parts of the country. It is important to note also that Kanu had renounced his Nigerian citizenship since 2015 and he had since In December 2020, Kanu announced that IPOB had formed an armed wing, the Eastern Security Network, to defend southeastern Nigerians from bandits and armed Fulani herders who had been terrorising the region. The ESN militants allegedly shot and killed four soldiers while six civilians died in the ensuing crisis that drew local and international attention. The Orlu-Orsu area of Imo State became a flashpoint around December 2020, after the nationwide #EndSARS protests.