Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has been discharged and acquitted from the 15 count charge of terrorism, treason and seccession brought against him by the Federal government.
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja gave the ruling Thursday. The three man panel headed by Justice Jummai Hanatu said Kanu has no case to answer, adding that the Federal High Court trying the case had no jurisdiction to hear the case in the first place.
Kanu’s lawyer Ifeanyi Ejiofor, confirmed the ruling: “Appeal allowed, Oyendu Mazi Nnamdi KANU, discharged and acquitted. We have won!,” he wrote on Facebook.
Kanu had in his appeal dated April 29 and marked CA/ABJ/CR/625/2022, applied to be discharged and acquitted.
The Court of Appeal stated that Kanu was arrested in Kenya and forcibly brought to Nigeria illegally and the government did not follow the extradition process. It went further that it is unlawful for any court in Nigeria to try cannot since he was brought back illegally.
It added that the FG failed to disclose where Kanu was arrested despite all the allegations leveled against him, meaning that they agreed with Kanu’s submission that he was kidnapped and brought back to Nigeria.
