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The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has upheld the Federal Government’s application seeking a stay of execution on the court judgment, which discharged the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu for security reasons.
Recall that the Appeal Court had, on October 13, discharged and quashed the terrorism charges filed against Kanu by the Federal Government and subsequently ordered his release from the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS).
However, the Federal Government had in a stay of execution application, filed before the appellate court, argued that releasing Kanu from detention will pose a security risk to the nation.
In a ruling on Friday, October 28, 2022, the appellate court stayed the execution of the judgment.
The three-man panel led by Justice Haruna Tsammani has now ordered that the outcome of the appeal be forwarded to the Supreme Court within seven days for expeditious hearing.
Reacting to the court’s ruling, Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor, a lawyer to Nnamdi Kanu, said the separatist leader’s legal team will challenge it.
“Be informed that we will challenge today’s ruling of the Court of Appeal staying the execution of its judgement after conferring with the Lead Counsel – Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN,” Ejiofor said in a statement.
“Without any prejudice to the integrity of the Learned Justices that delivered this ruling, the fact that Hearing Notice on such a crucial/sensitive ruling was served on us barely 45 minutes before the time slated for the ruling, is pregnant with meaning,” Ejiofor further said./SHARE THIS
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