Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has appealed a ruling of a federal high court in Abuja against...
Bolanle OlabimtanNnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra , has appealed a ruling of a federal high court in Abuja against his objection to the jurisdiction of the court to subject him to trial.
“As a matter of trite law, the appellant can only exercise the option of appeal after the trial court has pronounced a ruling on the instant preliminary objection, not before,” Ejimakor said.“It is markedly strange in our jurisprudence to suggest that the appeal of the said seven counts should precede or take the place of the instant preliminary objection raised before the court below.
In the appeal notice, Ejimakor also emphasised that the issues raised in the preliminary objection are different from previous jurisdictional ones raised by the defendant.“The previous jurisdictional issues raised by the appellant against the erstwhile 15 counts and which were decided by the supreme court was on the basis of the extraordinary rendition of the appellant and other grounds not raised in the preliminary objection that is the subject of this appeal,” the court document reads.
The IPOB leader was rearrested in Kenya in 2021 and extradited to Nigeria after being on the run for a few years.On October 13, 2022, the court of appeal quashed the remaining seven counts while the judge ordered Kanu’s release.However, on October 28, 2022, the court of appeal granted a stay of execution on its verdict discharging Kanu, after the federal government filed an appeal at the supreme court.
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