The Justice of the Federal High Court in Abuja, Adeniyi Ademola, on
Thursday, ordered the immediate release of Nnamdi Kanu, the director of Radio
Biafra and leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
The court held that the continued detention of Kanu by the Department of
States Services (DSS) without trial was unlawful.
It will be recalled that on Wednesday, Shuaibu Usman of the magistrate
court in Wuse zone 2, Abuja, discharged Kanu, on all counts of criminal conspiracy,
intimidation and leading an unlawful society brought against him by the federal
government.
The federal government had through its agent, the Department of State
Services (DSS), elected to withdraw the case at the lower court for a higher
court, which has jurisdiction to entertain charges bordering on terrorism, to
take over.
The DSS has held Kanu for at least 90 days despite an order granting him
bail in October.
After the lower court granted him bail, the secret police procured an order
of the federal high court, Abuja, to keep the self-styled leader of IPOB in
detention. But his lawyer, Vincent Obetta, filed a counter application, seeking
bail for the accused person.
Source: The Cable
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