The trial of the chief of the Indigenous Individuals of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has but to start greater than a month after the Supreme Court docket's ruling.
The apex court docket had on December 15, 2024, quashed a decrease court docket verdict dismissing terrorism costs towards Kanu.
The Supreme Court docket dominated that the Court docket of Attraction was fallacious to acquit Kanu as a result of the prosecutor had violated his rights.
In accordance with the court docket: “No laws within the nation has disadvantaged the court docket of jurisdiction to pursue Kanu's case regardless of the unlawful motion of the FG.
“Justice should take its course. The Court docket of Attraction was fallacious that the trial court docket couldn’t attempt him. The enchantment is well-founded and the cross-appeal is dismissed.”
In an interview with our correspondent on Saturday, the Chief Counsel of IPOB, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, mentioned the authorized staff was but to obtain the licensed copy of the judgment.
He famous that efforts made, together with writing to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Kayode Ariwoola, had yielded no outcomes.
Ejiofor mentioned, “Trial? The court docket has not given us a date but. We don't even have the licensed copy of the judgment. We have now made a number of makes an attempt to make sure we obtain a duplicate, however these makes an attempt have been unsuccessful. This contains writing to the Chief Justice of Nigeria.”
Supreme Court docket spokesperson Festus Akande couldn’t be reached for remark on the time of submitting this report.
Kanu was first arrested in 2015 below the administration of former Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari.
He was subsequently granted bail in April 2017 and fled the nation following an invasion of his house in Afara-Ukwu, close to Umuahia, Abia State, by the Nigerian Military in September 2017.
Kanu was arrested once more in Kenya and introduced again to Nigeria in June 2021.
