The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi
Kanu, on Friday, criticized the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar
Malami for saying the Federal Government would initiate further charges against
him.
Kanu said Malami was wrong, stressing that it was
unconstitutional for the Federal Government to initiate new charges against
him.
He spoke through his Special Counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, while
reacting to the Appeal Court ruling, which discharged and acquitted him.
Yesterday, the Appeal Court discharged and acquitted Kanu of
the terrorism charges levelled against him by the Nigerian Government.
A three-judge panel of the appellate court ruled that Kanu
was illegally extracted from Kenya by Nigerian agents in a process known
internationally as extraordinary rendition, which rights experts define as an
abduction.
The judges held that the Nigerian Government could not charge
Kanu for any offence in the country until federal authorities explained how
they moved him from Nairobi to Abuja in June 2022.
Speaking, Ejimakor said: “The AGF is wrong. If the FG
refuses or stalls on releasing Kanu merely because it desires to initiate
further or new charges, it will amount to a holding charge situation which has
been held as unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
“Further, no new charge can stick against Kanu because, in
the present circumstance, the extraordinary rendition is an abiding factor that
has created a permanent barrier to his prosecution, at least for now.
“The judgment of the Court of Appeal has grandfathered a
continuing lack of prosecutorial jurisdiction, which can only be overcome by a
few things I am not at liberty to disclose here because it will amount to
giving legal advice to the FG. Yet, before any further charge can have a toga
of legality or constitutionality, Kanu has to be released first.”
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