The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has arrived at the Federal High Court ahead of today’s scheduled judgment delivery.
Speaking in court upon his arrival on Thursday, Nnamdi Kanu stated there is no judgment as he has filed his processes. According to him, no judgement would hold.
Justice James Omotosho is expected to rule on several applications filed by both parties, including Kanu’s challenge to the competence of the terrorism charges against him and his request for release on the grounds of alleged unlawful detention and violation of his fundamental rights.
Kanu, who has been in the custody of the Department of State Services since June 2021 following what his lawyers describe as “extraordinary rendition” from Kenya, is facing seven terrorism-related charges bordering on incitement, running an unlawful organisation and actions deemed threatening to national security, allegations he denies.
In a fresh motion, the IPOB leader argued that the Terrorism Prevention and Prohibition Act under which he was being tried had been repealed.
He urged the court to strike out the charges, stating that they “disclosed no offence known to law” and were therefore a nullity.
Kanu also asked the court to expunge the “purported plea of not guilty” entered for him, claiming it was obtained under deception and in defiance of the Supreme Court’s ruling.
He further sought an order setting aside all subsequent proceedings and directing his immediate release.
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