The incarcerated leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has filed two distinct appeals against his ongoing incarceration in the Department of State Services (DSS) custody. The Supreme Court of Nigeria has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, October 5, 2023, to hear these challenges.
NNAMDI KANU v. FED. REP. OF NIGERIA and SC/CR/1391/2023, FED. REP. OF NIG VS NNAMDI KANU, are the appeals that will be heard on Thursday.
The hearing date was confirmed by Mike Ozekhome (SAN), the primary attorney for the imprisoned pro-Biafra organisation leader, in a statement on Saturday.
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Confirming the hearing date, Ozekhome said: “The following appeal has been slated for hearing at the Supreme Court of Nigeria Abuja, on Thursday the 5th, October 2023 (SC/CR/1394/2022, NNAMDI KANU V. FED.REP OF NIGERIA V; and SC/CR/1391/2023, FED. REP OF NIG VS NNAMDI KANU.”
Remember that the IPOB leader had already won the appeal at the Federal High Court and at the Court of Appeal through the assistance of his solicitors.
The appellate court had cleared Kanu of the 15 counts against him in October 2022, and it subsequently prohibited Kanu from being detained, arrested, or tried on the original indictment in the future.
Following an appeal against the ruling at the Supreme Court, the Federal Government successfully persuaded a different Court of Appeal panel to stay the appellate court’s decision.
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Despite the ruling, Kanu has continued to be held in solitary confinement at the Department of State Services (DSS) prison for almost a year now.
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