Read The Appeal Court Judgement Ordering Nnamdi Kanu’s Release

Read The Appeal Court Judgement Ordering Nnamdi Kanu’s Release

Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor, the lead counsel to the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has released a paragraph of the appeal court judgement ordering the release of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the group from detention.

Recall that the court of appeal, Abuja division had on October 13, 2022 squashed all the terrorism charges levelled against Kanu by the Federal Government. The court also ruled that Kanu’s extraordinary rendition from Kenya to Nigeria, was illegal.

Part of the judgement as shared by Barrister Ejiofor on Tuesday, October 18, read;

“… _the consequence of this section, I hold, is that the Appellant is prohibited from being detained, tried, or otherwise dealt with in Nigeria for or in respect of any offence allegedly committed by him before his extraordinary rendition to Nigeria. The Lower Court has no jurisdiction, I further hold, to try the Appellant on counts 1, 2, 3, 4 ,5, 8 and 15 which were retained by it, being charges allegedly committed by the Appellant prior to his extraordinary rendition._

_In addition, by the forcible abduction and extraordinary rendition of the Appellant from Kenya to this country on the 27th day of June 2021, in violation of international and state laws, the Lower Court and indeed any Court in this country is divested of jurisdiction to entertain charges against the Appellant and I so hold.”_

– Hon. Justice Oludotun Adefope-Okojie (page 42 of the Lead Judgement).