The hearing is at the Court of Appeal, NOT the Supreme Court & the hearing concerns FG’s Motion to stay (stop) execution of the 13th Oct judgment of the Appeal Court.”
By Deborah Hassan
365Daily – One of the counsels to Nnamdi Kanu, the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Aloy Ejimakor, has explained that contrary to widespread belief, the hearing of his client will holding on Monday, October 24, 2022, is holding at the Appeal Court, and not at the Supreme Court.
The clarification became necessary after many followers of the case between Kanu, who is under detention of the Department of State Services (DSS), confused Monday’s case to be on the appeal filed by the Federal Government at the Supreme Court last week which is seeking to stay the execution of the judgment the appellate court delivered on October 13.
The Appeal Court had last week squashed all charges brought against him by the Federal Government through the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation bordering on terrorism and treasonable felony. The Court declared his arrest, detention and trial on numerous charges, including terrorism and treasonable felony, was illegal.
A three-judge panel held that Nigerian authorities breached local and international treaties to unlawfully arrest and detain Kanu.
One of the justices, Oludotun Adefope-Okojie, explained that authorities failed to publicly disclose where they arrested Kanu and therefore could not proceed with his trial.
He said, “No government is permitted to abduct anybody without following due process of extradition. Nigeria is not an exception.”
Explaining on his Twitter handle this morning (Monday), Ejimakor said: “I am compelled to Tweet this by the many inquiries I’ve been receiving on today’s #MNK hearing in Abuja. FYI: The hearing is at the Court of Appeal, NOT the Supreme Court & the hearing concerns FG’s Motion to stay (stop) execution of the 13th Oct judgment of the Appeal Court.”