The supreme court has fixed December 15 to deliver judgment
on appeals regarding the continued detention of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the
proscribed Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB).
A five-member panel of the apex court led by Kudirat
Kekere-Ekun, fixed the date for judgment after counsels for the federal
government and Kanu adopted their final arguments.
The IPOB leader has been in the custody of the Department of
State Services (DSS) since he was extradited from Kenya on June 19, 2021.
Subsequently, the federal government filed terrorism charges against him.
On April 8, 2022, Binta Nyako, a federal high court judge in
Abuja, struck out eight of the 15 counts in the charge.
The remaining seven counts were later quashed by the court
of appeal on October 13, 2022, with the judge ordering Kanu's release.
However, on October 28, 2022, the court of appeal granted a stay of execution on its verdict discharging Kanu, after the federal government filed an appeal at the supreme court.
Kanu subsequently appealed the order staying execution.
More to follow...
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