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Tuesday, October 25, 2022

Nigerian Govt Explains Why IPOB Leader Nnamdi Kanu Cannot Be Released From Detention

Nigerian Government has explained why it can’t obey the court ruling ordering the release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu.
The government told the Appeal Court in Abuja that Kanu posed a flight risk and was a threat to national security.






An Assistant State Counsel in the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation, David Kaswe, informed the court that the case against Kanu bordered on national security.

He argued that the fundamental rights of the IPOB leader should be suspended due to national interest.

Kaswe said: “It is important to appreciate the gamut of depositions in our application. The Respondent is a flight risk person and one of the grounds of our application is that this matter touches on national security of the State.

“Once there is a threat to national security, human rights of any individual can be suspended until such threat is taken care of.”

Kaswe also informed the court that releasing Kanu would worsen the security situation in the South East.

“The defendant has shown that he has the capacity to jump bail or to escape from lawful custody.

“There is reasonable intelligence that the enforcement of judgement of this court, pending determination of our appeal at the Supreme Court, may impact negatively on the declining security in the South East,” he said.

A few weeks ago, the Appeal Court had discharged and acquitted Kanu of all terrorism charges.

Despite the court’s ruling, the Federal Government has refused to release the IPOB leader.

The AGF, Abubakar Malami, had hinted that more charges would be levelled against Kanu; hence he can’t be released.

Kanu has been locked up by the Department of State Services, DSS, since June 2021.

He was arrested in Kenya and subjected to extraordinary rendition.

Upon his return, the Federal Government arraigned him on charges boarding on terrorism.

The IPOB leader was first arrested in 2017 due to his agitation for the actualization of Biafra.

Justice Binta Nyako of an Abuja Federal High Court had granted him bail.

Shortly after Kanu was released, he fled the country to Europe where he continued his Biafra agitation.

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12 comments:

  1. Na you use your hand do yourself.
    Once bitten twice shy.
    Remain in custody

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  2. A country were the government cannot obey court order

    Fan Emmanuel

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  3. They should free him nahh, amost of them have done worst, yet nobody arrested them. A country that's full of Injustice and corruption.

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  4. They should obey court order..
    Na wah ooo

    Nigeria government should free him.

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  5. You people don't want peace at all, e clear.

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  6. They will soon meet more than what they bargained for. A terrorist government that is so swift to release terrorist's back into the society all in the name of repentant but can't obey court order

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  7. Everything about PMB is top to bottom..

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  8. He should remain there. We want to vote this February. Nobody should disturb the already disturbed peace

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