BREAKING NEWS: Supreme Court Refuse To Free Nnamdi Kanu

The Supreme Court of Nigeria has declined to grant Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, or IPOB, permission to be released from custody.

The Court of Appeal’s decision, which had ordered Kanu’s freedom and overturned the terrorism charges against him in October of last year, was nullified and set aside by the supreme court in a ruling authored by Justice Garba Lawal but delivered by Justice Emmanuel Agim.

The Nigerian government illegally and carelessly removed Kanu from Kenya, but it did not stop any court from moving on with a trial, the Supreme Court said.

Judge Lawal stated that no Nigerian law was mentioned in the lawsuit asking for Kanu’s release on the grounds of his alleged unlawful kidnapping from Kenya. He further stated that the current course of action for such an action is for Kanu to file a civil lawsuit against such an act rather than removing the courts’ ability to continue his trial for criminal charges.

Subsequently, the highest court mandated that Kanu go and defend himself against the remaining seven counts of terrorism-related allegations against him.