Politics
JUST IN: Buhari loses against Nnamdi Kanu in court
The Buhari-led Nigerian Government on Wednesday lost its bid to transfer the suit of the extraordinary rendition of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, from Umuahia to Abuja.
The Federal High Court in Umuahia, Abia State, insisted that it has the jurisdiction to hear and determine the suit.
This was disclosed by Kanu’s Special Counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, in a tweet stressing that the matter was still ongoing. He wrote:
“Breaking: Federal High Court, Umuahia denies the Federal Government’s application to transfer the ‘extraordinary rendition’ suit to Abuja, and rules that Umuahia has the jurisdiction to hear and determine the suit”. Reading of the rest of the judgment continues.”
The Special Counsel was challenging Kanu’s abduction and extraordinary rendition from Kenya. He is, among other things, praying for the court to order his return to Kenya, where he was abducted, or the UK, his country of abode.
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More so, the former president of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief John Nnia Nwodo has advised President Muhammadu Buhari and other relevant federal government officials to reconsider their stand on the continued detention of the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
Nwodo, in a statement yesterday, said the continuous detention of the IPOB leader after the Appeal Court ruling does nobody, especially the federal government, any good.
The former two-time minister said “A critical review of the Government’s position on this matter is very important because of the far-reaching implications keeping the IPOB leader after the court ruling will have on the much-desired peace and stability in the country.
“If the honorable Justices of the Court of Appeal reviewed the situation and arrived at their decision, going outside the ruling of the court could be provocative and injurious to the federal Government’s image on the rule of law and respect for the judiciary.
“Any other reason being adduced to warrant keeping Kanu incarcerated is most likely going to be inferior to respecting the ruling of the court and also the sensibilities of some Nigerians particularly Ndigbo who hailed and celebrated the ruling.”
“My candid advice, therefore, is for the President to have a rethink on his position and follow the path of justice and rule of law which is a grundnorm for liberal democracies all over the World,” he said.