Nnamdi Kanu To Remain In DSS Custody – Court of Appeal

• The Court of Appeal has ordered Nnamdi Kanu to remain in the custody of the Department of State Services DSS.
• The Judge also ordered that the result of the ruling be forwarded to the Supreme Court within seven days for an expeditious hearing.
• The  Court of Appeal had earlier discharged Kanu, who is being prosecuted for charges bordering on treasonable felony and terrorism.

The Court of Appeal has ordered the leader, of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu to remain in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS), pending when the Supreme Court hears the case.

The Court of Appeal on Friday upheld the Federal Government’s application for a stay of execution of the October 13 judgment which set Nnamdi Kanu free. The Judge also ordered that the result of the ruling be forwarded to the Supreme Court within seven days for an expeditious hearing.

Recall that the  Court of Appeal had earlier discharged Kanu, who is being prosecuted by the Federal Government at the Federal High Court in Abuja for charges bordering on treasonable felony and terrorism.

A three-man panel of the Court of Appeal 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.

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The court also held charges preferred against Kanu did not disclose the place, date, time, and nature of the alleged offenses before being unlawfully extradited to Nigeria in clear violation of international treaties.

To stop Kanu’s subsequent release, the Federal Government had applied that the execution of the judgment is suspended pending the resolution of its appeal lodged at the Supreme Court.

Justice Tsanammi on Friday held that the counter affidavit filed against the Federal Government’s application by Kanu’s legal team was misleading.

In other news, Kanunta Kanu, brother to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has alleged that the Department of State Services (DSS) is detaining the activist in a torture chamber, despite a court ordering his release earlier this week.

Kanunata made the revelation on Twitter while reacting to a ruling from the Federal High Court in Umuahia which insisted that Kanu be returned to Kenya. Recall that the court ruled that Kanu’s extraordinary rendition was against his fundamental rights and ordered that the agitator be returned to the country he was in before his arrest and his rendition last year.