Nnamdi Kanu remains in detention – Supreme court says.
The Supreme Court has turned down the decision of the Court of Appeal discharging and acquitting the of leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu on the case of treasonable felony.
The apex court held that although he was illegally brought back to Nigeria from Kenya when he jumped bail, that development could not have divested the trial court of the jurisdiction to continue his trial.
The apex court upheld the appeal of the Federal Government challenging the verdict of the Appeal Court which dismissed the charges against Nnamdi Kanu and held that the court was wrong that the trial court couldn’t try him because his rights were violated by the prosecution.
A unanimous decision by a 5-member panel of justices noted that although the Federal Government acted irresponsibly when it forcefully brought Kanu back to the country from Kenya, against all known laws, however, it held that it was not enough to divest the trial court of its jurisdiction to continue with the case.
