On Friday, October 28, 2022; the Court of Appeal upheld the Federal Government’s request for a stay of the October 13 verdict that freed Nnamdi Kanu.
Additionally, Justice Haruna Tsammani directed that the Supreme Court receive the decision’s outcome within seven days for a prompt hearing.
As a result, it is anticipated that Mr. Kanu, the self-described head of the Indigenous People of Biafra, will stay in the Department of State Services’ custody until the Supreme Court reviews the matter.
Kanu, who is being sued by the Federal Government at the Federal High Court in Abuja on accusations that verge on treasonable crime and terrorism, was released by the Court of Appeal on October 13.
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The Federal High Court lacks the jurisdiction to trial him, according to a three-person panel of the Court of Appeal, given his kidnapping and extraordinary rendition to Nigeria in flagrant violation of the OAU treaty and protocol on extradition.
Prior to being illegally extradited to Nigeria in blatant violation of international treaties, the court further concluded that the allegations presented against Kanu did not specify the location, date, and nature of the alleged offences.
The Federal Government had requested that the judgment’s implementation be put on hold while its Supreme Court appeal was being heard in order to prevent Kanu’s later release.
Justice Tsanammi ruled on Friday that Kanu’s legal team’s counter affidavit opposing the Federal Government’s plea was false.
