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JUST IN: Buhari loses against Nnamdi Kanu in court

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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.

Recall that the government of President Muhammadu Buhari has filed an appeal against the Appeal Court’s decision to release the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.

According to The Nation, the Nigeran administration has filed an appeal with the Supreme Court. In a plea for a stay of execution filed on Wednesday at the nation’s highest court, the government asks the court to halt the execution of the October 13 Appeal Court verdict.

 

The IPOB leader was cleared by the Appeal Court, which banned any lower court from hearing additional allegations against him. In a seven-ground notice of appeal submitted by the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), the Federal Government not only criticized the lower court’s ruling but also requested that it be reversed.

 

In a seven-ground notice of appeal submitted by the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), the Federal Government not only criticized the lower court’s ruling but also requested that it be reversed.

 

The court also dismissed the Nigerian government’s charges of terrorism and treasonable felony leveled against him. The Appeal Court ruled that President Buhari’s government violated all known local and international laws in bringing Kanu back to Nigeria, rendering the terrorist accusation against him ineffective and unconstitutional. Kanu filed the appeal, CA/ABJ/CR/625/2022, in response to a previous verdict by Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja.

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