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FG secures court leave to bring nine new grounds against Kanu’s Release.

by Justina Mboho 1 hour ago

FG secures court leave to bring nine new grounds against Kanu’s Release

Key highlights

The Supreme Court has granted the FG leave to file nine new grounds of appeal against Nnamdi Kanu.

The apex court also granted the FG leave to add the nine grounds as part of its amended notice of appeal dated 28th October 2022.

The FG through the AGF had approached the Apex court seeking to restore the criminal charges against Kanu.

The Federal Government has been granted leave by the Supreme Court to bring nine new grounds of appeal against the release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.


Justice John Okoro who led a five-member of justices granted FG the leave on Thursday while ruling on a motion by the FG’s counsel, Tijani Gadzali (SAN).

Recall that Kanu had before now approached the court challenging his continued detention at the Department of State Services facility.

The court proceeding
When the matter was called up, Mike Ozekhome, Kanu’s lawyer told the apex court that they had two motions before the court.

He said one is seeking his client’s bail and the other is seeking the transfer of Kanu to the Kuje Correctional Facility from the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) to enable him get proper medical attention.


He told the court that his client’s health was deteriorating in DSS custody, as he also went ahead and contended that both the Court of Appeal Rules of 2021 and Court of Appeal Act, 2004, “did not make any provisions of stay of execution of a Court of Appeal judgment in a criminal appeal.”

He prayed the court to set aside that stay of execution order as well as restrain the further detention and prosecution of Nnamdi Kanu.

FG’s Response
FG’s lawyer stated that his client brought a motion seeking to introduce nine new grounds in its amended notice of appeal against Kanu.


He however asked the court for an adjournment to enable him file a counter affidavit, as he just took over the matter.

He further told the apex court to afford his office time to respond to certain processes filed by Kanu’s lawyers.

Court ruling
The judge stated that seeking the transfer of Nnamdi Kanu may likely delay the hearing of the main suit, as he advised Ozekhome to withdraw the pending motions so as to focus on the main appeal.

The court also granted FG leave to include the nine new grounds as part of their amended notice of appeal dated 28th October 2022.

In addition, the court also granted FG’s prayer and adjourned till May 11 for a hearing on the pending motion and the main appeal.

Backstory
On October 13, 2022, the court of appeal cleared Kanu of Alleged treason and terrorism charges leveled against him, as the court also dismissed the remaining six counts leveled against him by the Federal Government.

However, on October 28, 2022, the court reversed the decision and ordered a stay of execution pending a hearing and determination of the appeal from the supreme court.

The FG filed an appeal before the Supreme Court urging it to restore the criminal charges against the IPOB leader.

https://nairametrics.com/2023/04/27/fg-secures-court-leave-to-bring-nine-new-grounds-against-kanus-release/

Legal fireworks. After God, it is Federal Government.

He hooked himself with his relentlessly reckless violent rhetorics leading to the death of a lot of innocent citizens ,his brazen order to his ipob foot soldiers to go attack and destroy Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Yoruba Pastors and commit arson in Lagos.

The beans na hard done.

Abeg leave this guy, make he dey go jare, he must have learnt his lesson

The FG have been amending charges from antiquity but have not attain any conviction of Nnamdi Kanu yet they real terrorists who have shed blood & committed gruesome murder are being granted a fucking undeserving amnesty as repentant, rehabilitated and deradicalised terrorists?

Time will vindicate who was right or wrong.Mean- while, "President Muhammadu Buhari has thrown his weight behind the people of Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic(SADR), otherwise called Western Sahara, stating that NIGERIA WOULD ENSURE THE REALIZATION OF THEIR SELF-DETERMINATION AND INDEPENDENCE..(from Morocco)
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/03/buhari-backs-western-sahara-on-self-determination-from-morocco/?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter

This people know they have no case against this man, and they keep finding way to make him stay his entire life in detention...

karma will fight back to all the people who have soiled their hand in this...

It won't be village people at work, it is going to be what you sow to what you are reaping...

For those who keep ing the FG on his unconstitutional detention, despite the court granting him bail, you will be caught in the web 🕸 one day and no help will be forthcoming....

Please 🙏 nobody should quote me anyhow...

This man will spend additional 8 years there . He should surrender and face prosecution

Tinubu will be the one to release this guy.

Na the arrangement be that.

They jus wan kill dis guy.

It's just a matter of time...
Everything ends in this world.

Ok


Let him eat some more watery bean joo

Ok

Interesting

Ok

Gbam

Gbam. the coward dilector must pay for his crime

The only way Buhari can win this case is if they bribe or intimate the justices. No sane government officials abduct someone from another country and charge them to court in their own country.

What exactly do you uphold in your country? Perhaps you encourage abduction, disregard for international law and thuggery.

Mazi Nnamdi kanu has vowed not to leave kuje prison even if Federal Government release him .he claims that the only condition that can make him leave prison is for the federal Government of Nigeria to declare Peter obi the winner of the last election

These guys actually have nothing against this dude. It’s all just power tussle and use of the courts to suppress this dude.

It’s him today, it can be some else tomorrow. Everyone will be alright

From this posturing maybe it’s only Tinubu that’ll release MNK, obviously Buhari won’t


I wonder if MNK still thinks Buhari is a clone any update on this?

Ok

Nigeria is in deeper mess....
Everybody is feeling d heat.

MNK... IJAYA 1.

LOVE U DAKU.

RARE FINE INTELLIGENT MAN. U WILL TRIUMPH.

What the hell is wrong with Nigeria. You hate Nnamdi kanu and his people yet you want to hold same Nnamdi kanu and his people down..

wunmi590:


This people know they have no case against this man, and they keep finding way to make him stay his entire life in detention...

karma will fight back to all the people who have soiled their hand in this...

It won't be village people at work, it is going to be what you sow to what you are reaping...

For those who keep ing the FG on his unconstitutional detention, despite the court granting him bail, you will be caught in the web 🕸 one day and no help will be forthcoming....

Please 🙏 nobody should quote me anyhow...

Nothing like Karma

BOLATINUBU01:
Abeg leave this guy, make he dey go jare, he must have learnt his lesson

Don’t mind that stupid Buhari. Very stupid man whose only strength lies in wickedness.
Nigeria has tons of problems, never was he stern and serious in solving one, rather he chose to put all his energy on hating a particular tribe and making life miserable for Nigerians.

If he had taken out this seriousness and energy he puts towards Kanu to at least fixing just light in that damn country, things would have been different.

What a waste of time, money and resources. This IPOB terrorist criminal should have been tried by now, convicted and executed or serving life in prison without an option of parole.
There are so many evidence against this terrorist that a first year law student should be able to prosecute the cas3 successfully without much wahala.
I sure hope the Tinubu will revamp things in Nigeria. This is a disgrace that they are struggling to prosecute the criminal. Spite.
It's the same way all politicians are just walking around with charges for so many years. All they do is amend,drop and add charges. Pathetic.

Them no one free am