The Supreme Court has today during the trial of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Agitator, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has declined the Appeal Court order to his release him from detention, as instead order his retrial.
The panel of justices of the court on Friday nullified the earlier order of the Court of Appeal in Abuja which ordered Kanu’s release on bail in October last year ordered Kanu’s release and quashed the terrorism charges against him.
Although the Supreme Court held that the Nigerian government recklessly and unlawfully rendered Kanu from Kenya, such an unlawful but the act will not stop any court from proceeding with his trial.
The presiding Judge, Justice Lawal said that no Nigerian law was cited in the suit seeking Kanu’s release on mere unlawful abduction from Kenya, adding that at the moment, the remedy for such action is for Kanu to file a civil matter against such act instead of removing the powers of courts to continue with his trial for alleged criminal charges.
Instead, the apex court subsequently ordered that Kanu should go and defend himself in the remaining seven-count terrorism charges before a Federal High Court in Abuja.
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