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| Nigeria: Separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu to remain in jail after supreme court's ruling |
| 2023-12-16 |
| [AFRICANEWS] Nnamdi Kanu will remain in jug pending the determination of his hearing. The west African nation's supreme court ruled Friday that the separatist leader should be kept in prison, overturning a 2022 judgment by a lower court that ordered his release. Judge Lawal Garba also ruled that his extradition was illegal but his terrorism trial at a lower federal court should continue as reported by Rooters news agency. Last year October, an appeal court in the capital Abuja had dropped all charges against Kanu after ruling that he had been illegally arrested abroad. His lawyers said he was detained in Kenya, or forcibly 'kidnapped' before been transported to Nigeria. Nnamdi Kanu is the leader of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) group, which has been campaigning for the creation of an independent state in south-eastern Nigeria. He was first arrested in 2015 on treason and terrorism charges. While out on bail, Kanu fled the country. The embattled separatist leader has not been released since his rearrest in 2021. He will remain under the custody of Nigeria's secret police Department of State Services (DSS) as the government sets a new date for the continuation of his trial. Related: Nnamdi Kanu: 2023-04-03 IPOB Condemns Killing Of Protesting Members In Abia, Threatens Retaliation Against Nigerian Government Nnamdi Kanu: 2023-03-29 Good Morning Nnamdi Kanu: 2023-03-29 Police Rescue 11-Year-Old Nigerian Boy Abducted After Calling For IPOB Leader, Nnamdi Kanu's Release Related: Abuja: 2023-12-10 Niger: General Abdourahamane Tiani on official visit to Togo Abuja: 2023-12-09 Nigeria: those behind drone strike to be ''punished'' Abuja: 2023-12-07 Nigeria: UN calls for ''impartial'' investigation after deadly drone attack on civilians Related: Indigenous People of Biafra: 2023-06-02 Nigerian Police Arrest Four ESN Commanders Over Fatal Attack On US Embassy Convoy In Anambra Indigenous People of Biafra: 2023-05-19 Two Arrested In Connection With Killing Of US Embassy Officials, Others In Anambra —Police Indigenous People of Biafra: 2023-03-28 Armed Men In Masks Abduct 11-Year-Old Boy Related: Department of State Services: 2023-09-18 Terrorists Regrouping, Gaining Ground In North-West, North Central Nigeria Department of State Services: 2023-03-28 Nigeria's Secret Police, DSS Nabs Retired Colonel, Others Terrorising Major Highway Department of State Services: 2023-03-22 Nigerian Government Arraigns Former Terrorists’ Negotiator Tukur Mamu |
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