On Friday, the Supreme Court declined to grant Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, or IPOB, permission to be released from custody.
According to the DAILY POST, the supreme court nullified and set aside the Court of Appeal’s decision, which had in October of last year granted Kanu’s freedom and invalidated the terrorism accusations against him. Justice Emmanuel Agim delivered the verdict, although Justice Garba Lawal wrote it.
The Supreme Court held that although the Nigerian government recklessly and unlawfully rendered Kanu from Kenya, such an unlawful act has not divested any court from proceeding with trial.
Justice Lawal said that no Nigerian law was cited in the suit seeking Kanu’s release on mere unlawful abduction from Kenya, adding that at the moment, the remedy for such action is for Kanu to file a civil matter against such act instead of removing the powers of courts to continue with his trial for alleged criminal charges.
The apex court subsequently ordered that Kanu should go and defend himself in the remaining 7 counts of terrorism charges against him.
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