On Monday, the Court of Appeal declined to allow the Federal Government’s plea to postpone the hearing on the appeal to prevent the execution of the ruling that cleared Nnamdi Kanu of all accusations of terrorism brought against him by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
The Federal Government was given till today at noon by the court to move its application.
At the day’s proceedings, Kanu’s attorney, Mike Ozekhome, delivered a rebuttal affidavit to the Federal Government’s counsel, David Kaswe, last Friday.
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Kaswe asserted that he received notification of one more authority this morning and that he needed time to respond.
However, Kanu’s attorney protested to the motion, arguing that since only one additional authority had been served, the Federal Government shouldn’t have been allowed to obtain an adjournment based only on that authority.
Ozekhome asserted that the government has not yet complied with the court judgment requiring Kanu’s release from prison from October 13.
He testified before the court that Kanu’s freedom was being violated since he was dying. He also pleaded with the court to deny any requests for adjournments.
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The Federal Government was then given till 12 o’clock today by the presiding judge, Justice Haruna Tsanami, to file its plea for the stay of execution of the ruling and to react to the new authority cited by Kanu’s legal team.
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