Nnamdi Kanu appears in court
An ECOWAS court
sitting in Abuja, has dismissed an application filed by the Muhammadu
Buhari-led government asking that the suit filed by the Nnamdi Kanu, the
leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, be quashed.
Jubilation has erupted among members of
the sessionist group led by Nnamdi Kanu and those sympathetic to his
plight, following this report.
Kanu’s suit seeks the court to grant him an unconditional release from detention as well as damages to the tune of $800 million.
According to Channels TV, the Nigerian
government asked the court to dismiss the case because it is a subject
matter before a federal court and the appeal court.
The government’s counsel had argued that, Kanu’s application constitutes an abuse of court process.
The presiding judge, Micah Wright-Williams, dismissed the application of the government for lacking in merit.
The court said it has the jurisdiction to hear cases of infringement of human rights.
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