Appeal Court sets Nnamdi Kanu free

The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, on Thursday, set free, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.

The order was made in a judgement on an appeal by Nnamdi Kanu seeking dismissal of the remaining 7-count charge filed against him by the Federal Government.

Kanu had in his appeal dated April 29 and marked CA/ABJ/CR/625/2022 applied to be discharged and acquitted. Kanu was first arraigned on December 23, 2015, and was later granted bail on April 25, 2017.

However, the Court of Appeal on Thursday declared as illegal and unlawful, the abduction Kanu from Kenya to Nigeria and quashed the entire terrorism charges brought against him by the Federal Government.

The Appellate Court held that the Federal Government breached all local and international laws in the forceful rendition of Kanu to Nigeria thereby making the terrorism charges against him incompetent and unlawful.