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Despite the court ruling asking Nigeria to return the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra to Kenya and pay him N500 million as compensation, the Federal Government is not inclined to free him based on several factors, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has said.

Malami told Vanguard in an exclusive interview yesterday that the rendition of Nnamdi Kanu could not be used as the only basis to free the IPoB leader of other offences allegedly committed by him against the Federal Government of Nigeria.


The Justice minister explained that the government was holding on to Kanu on of four major issues, which were preceded by the rendition matter for which the court cleared him.

Malami said: “To release or not to release Nnamdi Kanu is a function of law and the rule of law for that matter. In arriving at a decision whether to release or not release, is one; you look at the rule of law, two; you look at the public and the national interest, three; you look at the security situation, four; you look at the international diplomacy.


“Let me talk first of the rule of law. This is someone that has been granted bail on of charges that have been preferred against him at the court. Someone jumping bail to international community, a case of fugitive is established against the background of jumping the bail.

“Two, arising from the national security, this is someone that is charged with treason, incitement and destruction of civil authority, murder and assassination of others on of his incitement, that boils down to issues of national security and criminality.

“Three, on of international diplomacy, this is someone that has against his person, used the international community or a foreign country to launch an attack against a nation, against his nation for that matter.

“So all these naturally come into play to determine what to do. So if you have through judicial processes established multiple cases of treason, homicide, bail-jumping among others; the fact that you have indeed succeeded in one case as against multiple others that are pending, goes to establish the fact that that case cannot be the only basis and criterion for determining whether you are entitled to be released or not.

“Other than the case of rendition, which is indeed the only case that has been determined, there exist in the system other cases relating to jumping bail, other cases relating to inciting the public, other cases relating to murder, homicide, among others and indeed above all, within the context of the rule of law, the right of the federal government to challenge the decision that bothers on rendition, a challenge associated with the appeal, a challenge associated with setting aside certain judgment if the need for doing so arises and indeed the multiple challenges within the context of the rule of law at the disposal  of the federal government to exercise.

“So, the simple question is, whether what the federal government has done, by way of not releasing Kanu is justified within the context of the rule of law and my answer is yes, it is justified. This is because the single case that has been determined is not the only pending case against Kanu.

“There exist other multiple cases associated with treason, there exist multiple appeals that are pending and yet to be determined and then again, there are international public interest dimension and the essence of the government is the sustenance of a public and not an individual interest,” Malami explained in the interview.

It will be recalled that the Appeal Court in Abuja and a Federal High Court in Abia State have all  freed Kanu on the basis of the fact that he was arrested without explanation in Kenya and returned to Nigeria to face charges after fleeing the country several years ago.

The Federal High Court also imposed N500 million on the federal government for the act of rendition, which Kanu demanded as compensation for the action of the government.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/10/why-fg-is-keeping-nnamdi-kanu-despite-court-ruling-malami/amp/

Malami is a national embarrassment

When an Attorney General starts to make excuses, and find reasons not to obey court order, then you know you are in a Banana Republic

Chai

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FG steel keeping Nnamdi Kanu 'cause, they have no regards for the rule of laws.

If the verdict says discharged and acquitted, then, why keepeth thou him.

Mtcheeeeew

I once read a documentary of a CIA agent who arrested and convicted several criminals in the USA... After about a year or two, the harden criminals were all released because he followed undue process and violated their privacy to extract information used against them. Now the agent was dismissed and the criminals freed.
I didn't write up these to state that Nnamdi Kanu is a criminal, but to state that when due process is not followed, every conviction is illegal no matter the crime.
So the AGF should just accept their mistake and free the man.
Secondly, someone should be dismissed for carrying out an illegal arrest.

Simply because your government is a tyrannical and lawless one. Meanwhile the lawless government have granted BH terrorists fuckingundeserving amnesty while the rest have long freed their remaining incarcerated commarades

FG must not allow that criminal Nnamdi Kanu go. Make him People do their WORST.

God bless Malami
God bless Buhari
God bless Me
God bless Nigeria.

Malami took the Kanu matter personally .. I watched as he announced Kanu arrest on television like it's a monumental achievement . Same way he goes hard on Sunday igboho...

But quite soft on bandits and BHT..

Well ,they can keep Kanu in protective custody , because as it is today , EVEN THE UNKNOWN GUNMEN CAN KILL HIM IF HE IS RELEASED

Someone jumping bail to international community, a case of fugitive is established against the background of jumping the bail.

I don't know about others but eleyi gidi gan

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This is Lawlessness.
Buhari insisted MNK's fate would be decided by the court. Now Malami has made himself a Court of Law that determines whether or not to free MNK in total disregard to the rulings of a competent Court of Jurisdiction.

Malami is just wasting his time. International conventions and treaties are superior to Nigeria's laws. Before any court takes you seriously now, you have to free Nnamdi Kanu. Like the last verdict says, you have to take him back to where you brought him from.

Get the Kenyan authorities to repatriate him before the rest of the charges can be pressed. If not, the federal government will keep disgracing themselves like they always do.

Nnamdi Kanu even jumped bail because of overzealous soldiers that went to his home to kill people. We just have the worst of us running this country.

Because they are Bokoharams and bandits apologists

If anything should happen to that young man...I see fire

Buhari is the man that is suitable to handle Nigeria I really love what am hearing

Nonsense, but you guys expected ASUU to obey the court. ASUU had a more valid reason to disobey that questionable court order.

Lawless country, and they want ASUU to obey the court orders.

Atoni Je of Nigeria!
There are few people on earth as unintelligent as Malami!
U can't be lawyer/judge and executioner at once dum dum malami

Foooolllsssss

Obey court order 1st

This is democracy not autocracy

How many BH this govt don free secretly

Kidnapping government

Better obey the court, you have no justification for keeping him now.

gidgiddy:


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/10/why-fg-is-keeping-nnamdi-kanu-despite-court-ruling-malami/amp/

But your government told ASUU to obey the law or be seen as law breakers abi.

gidgiddy:
Malami is a national embarrassment

When an Attorney General starts to make excuses and find reasons not to obey court order, then you know you are in a Banana Republic

A disaster in waiting.

He kept citing the law yet the law has granted him bail but he is now the law unto himself.

Did u say this is an attorney General of a country?...kai this is a disappointing situation.

Kai!

I dont want to believe a SAN is making such arguments. Terrible!!

tochifk:
I once read a documentary of a CIA agent who arrested and convicted several criminals in the USA... After about a year or two, the harden criminals were all released because he followed undue process and violated their privacy to extract information used against them. Now the agent was dismissed and the criminals freed.
I didn't write up these to state that Nnamdi Kanu is a criminal, but to state that when due process is not followed, every conviction is illegal no matter the crime.
So the AGF should just accept their mistake and free the man.
Secondly, someone should be dismissed for carrying out an illegal arrest.

in the U.S they call it fruit of the poisonous tree.

This Malami is a quota system SAN


Truth and justice will eventually triumph

God bless MNK, Ohamadike