Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra
(IPOB), has appealed a ruling which allowed his continuous detention.
The court of appeal sitting in Abuja had, on October 13,
discharged Kanu of the terrorism charge preferred against him.
A three-member panel of the court led by Hanatu Sankey held
that the federal government flouted the Terrorism Act in violation of
international conventions and treaties, hence, breaching the rights of the
respondent when it forcefully renditioned the IPOB leader from Kenya.
However, the federal government is yet to release the IPOB
leader.
Instead, the government filed an appeal before the supreme
court to challenge the appeal court’s judgment.
It also filed an application seeking to stay the execution
of the appellate court’s judgment.
Ruling on the application, the court of appeal granted the
government’s request.
In a statement on Thursday, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, Kanu’s counsel,
said he has appealed the decision on the stay of execution.
“We are therefore by this medium, informing the general
public, and Umuchineke in particular, that we have filed an appeal against the
said ruling of the court of appeal delivered on the 28th day of October 2022,
and will proactively follow up on the administrative process to ensure that
both appeals are given accelerated hearing in line with the extant fast-track
rules of the supreme court,” he said.
“We shall keep everyone abreast of the development in the
appeals as we progress.”
In the notice of appeal, Kanu said the appeal court erred in
law when it proceeded to hear the federal government’s application for a stay
of execution.
He added that the “Court of Appeal Rules 2021 and the Court
of Appeal Act 2004, do not make any provision for stay of execution of a court
of appeal judgment in a criminal appeal”.
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