Supreme Court Okays Nnamdi Kanu's Trial For Terrorism
The Supreme Court overturns the release order for Nnamdi Kanu and approves his trial
The Supreme Court overturned the Court of Appeal's decision on Friday, ordering the Federal Government to free Nnamdi Kanu, the embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, or IPOB, from detention.
The top court held that even though the five-member panel of Justices unanimously agreed that the FG had behaved “irresponsibly” in forcibly returning Kanu to the country from Kenya in violation of all known laws, this did not absolve the trial court of its jurisdiction to pursue the case further.
It concluded that, despite the unlawful action that FG took against Kanu, no national law had taken away the trial court's authority to proceed with his case.
The Supreme Court ruled that Kanu could pursue a civil lawsuit against the government as a remedy, according to a ruling authored by Justice Garba Mohammed and read by Justice Emmanuel Agim.
The trial court had revoked Kanu's bail after he fled to save his life after security guards broke into his home, but the court also chastised FG, saying that it should be mindful of its reputation both domestically and globally.
The leader of IPOB has been detained since June 29, 2021. Security agents initially detained him in Lagos on October 14, 2015.
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