The Supreme Cour of Nigeria has reversed the judgment of Court of Appeal which ordered the Federal Government to release the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu.
Though the apex court on Friday, in a unanimous decision by a five-member panel of Justices, held that though the FG acted “irresponsibly” when it forcefully brought Kanu back to the country from Kenya, against all known laws, it was not enough to divest the trial court of its jurisdiction to continue with the case.
According to the justices, there is no legislation in the country that stripped the trial court of the jurisdiction to go ahead with Kanu’s case, despite the illegal action that FG took against him.
In the judgement that was prepared by Justice Garba Mohammed but read by Justice Emmanuel Agim, the apex court said the remedy open for Kanu was for him to institute a civil action against the government.
In obvious hipocrisy, the court knocked the FG, saying it must be conscious of its image, both locally and internationally, even as it knocked the trial court for revoking Kanu’s bail after he escaped to save his life following the invasion of his home by security agents.
Kanu has been in detention since June 29, 2021 after he was illegally brought back to Nigeria following his rearrest in Kenya.
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