The Supreme Court on Friday has set aside judgement ordering the release of the embattled leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, from detention.
The apex court, in a judgement delivered by Justice Emmanuel Agim, but written by Justice Garba Lawal, ruled as voided the judgement of the Court of Appeal, which in October last year ordered Kanu’s release and quashed the terrorism charges against him.
The Supreme Court held that although the Nigerian government recklessly and unlawfully brought in Kanu from Kenya, such an unlawful act has not divested any court from proceeding with trial.
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.
The apex court subsequently ordered that Kanu should go and defend himself in the remaining seven counts of terrorism charges against him.
