A Magistrate Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday, December 16,
discharged the cases against the director of the Indigenous People Of
Biafra Nnamdi Kanu.
According to Vincent Obette, Namdi Kanu’s lawyer, the director of
Radio Biafra and the leader of the separatist Indigenous Peoples of
Biafra (IPOB) has not yet been released from custody.
“Mr. Kanu has been discharged but not released from custody. There are no legal charges on his neck anywhere in the world,” he said.
The lawyer also added that there will be another court hearing on a
related matter tomorrow at the Federal High Court in Abuja, where they
“hope to conclude the matter.”
Earlier today at the ruling the chief magistrate, Shuaibu Usman struck out all criminal charges levelled against Kanu.
Usman said that since the State Security Services (SSS) through its
lawyer Moses Idakwo had filed for a discontinuation of the case, the
accused is thereby discharged.
Justice Act, he said the case is struck out due emerging facts by the
prosecutor on the matter under investigation.
ongoing investigation by his client – the SSS – show that the case
against the Biafra agitator cannot be entertained by the magistrate
court.
from the Federal High Court to keep Kanu in their custody for a period
of 90 days.
This the SSS said will enable it conduct investigation on Kanu following allegations of terrorism and terrorism funding. But in an objection, Kanu’s counsel, Egechukwu Obetta also
applied to the same Federal High Court presided by Ademola Adeniyi to
revoke the order it had given to the SSS.
during an ongoing trial of the accused person at the magistrate
court. Adeniyi is expected to rule on the matter on Thursday, December
17.
charge with reference number FHC/ABJ/ CS/873/2015 levelled against him
by the SSS.
Recall that a statement published on the website of Radio Biafra on Saturday, October 17, disclosed the arrest of its director, Nnamdi Kanu, by the Department of State Services (DSS) as soon as he got to Nigeria from the United Kingdom.
