Nigerian separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu should Appear in court and respond to charges that include terrorism and spreading lies, Supreme Court judge ruling on Friday.
He was a British citizen who Leading indigenous peoples banned of Biafra (IPOB) denies all charges linked to his broadcasts made between 2018 and last year.
to rule on On Friday, it was decided that Kano would be tried on Seven counts of Terror out of 15 and hit out eight of which counts government Brought against IPOB leader.
The meeting took place via camera. Federal court judge’s ruling on Thursday that all trials of Terror issues in Nigeria will hold from now on on camera.
Separately, Kano lead Lawyer Mike Ozikhumi said Thursday that Kanu cannot be prosecuted on shipment of Terror and broadcast Lies because he was not extradited from Kenya on The same charges.
The Kenyan High Commissioner denied his country’s involvement. Kano from Nigeria disappeared after jumping on bail in 2017. Arrested years later on The run.
IPOB, founded by Kanu in 2014, urgent for break up of Away, aloof, alone of southeast Nigeria where the majority of The population Belongs to the Igbo ethnicity group. authorities view IPOB as a terrorist group. IPOB says You want to achieve independence through nonviolent means.
An attempt by Igbo separatists to secede in the name of the republic of Biafra in 1967 – year that Kano was born – triggered three-year Civil war that killed more from 1 million people.
I have ordered IPOB Igbos in Southeast ‘to sit in home,” appearance of civil disobedience to show symbiosis with Kano since then arrest and trials in Abuja, the disabled small Business and other economic activities.
