ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Justice Haruna Tsanammi of the Court of Appeal on Friday upheld the Federal Government of Nigeria’s application for stay of execution of the 13 October judgment which set IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu free.
Justice Tsanammi also ordered that the result of the ruling be forwarded to the Supreme Court within seven day for expeditious hearing.
It follows, therefore, that Mazi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), is expected to remain in the custody of the Department of State Services pending when the Supreme Court hears the case.
Recall that the Court of Appeal on 13 October, had discharged Kanu who is being prosecuted by the Federal Government of Nigeria at the Federal High Court in Abuja for charges bordering on treasonable felony and terrorism.
According to a three-man panel of the Court of Appeal, the Federal High Court lacks the jurisdiction to try him in view of his abduction and extraordinary rendition to Nigeria in flagrant violation of the OAU convention and protocol on extradition.
The court also held charges preferred against the self-styled IPOB leader, did not disclose the place, date, time and nature of the alleged offences before being unlawfully extradited to Nigeria in clear violation of international treaties, according to Channels.
The Federal Government of Nigeria in order to stop Kanu’s subsequent release, had applied that the execution of the judgment be suspended pending the resolution of its appeal lodged at the Supreme Court.
Justice Tsanammi on Friday held that the counter affidavit filed against the Federal Government of Nigeria’s application by Kanu’s legal team was misleading.