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Appeal Court To Deliver Judgment In IPOB Leader, Kanu’s Bid To Withdraw Terrorism Charges Today

Nnamdi Kanu, the imprisoned leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), a group that has been declared illegal, filed an appeal with the Abuja Court of Appeal in an effort to have the federal government drop its terrorism charges against him. The court will issue its ruling today.

A notice sent to Kanu’s legal team and the Federal Government stated that the appellate court will issue the “make-or-mar” decision in the afternoon.

One of Kanu’s attorneys, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, verified receiving the notice of judgment delivery.

He said, “We wish to inform UmuChineke and all followers of Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu that we have just received notification from the Court of Appeal, Abuja Judicial Division, that the long-awaited judgment in Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s Appeal No. CA/ABJ/CR/625/2022 between Nnamdi Kanu and the Federal Republic of Nigeria will be delivered tomorrow, 13th October 2022, at 2pm.

“We are very excited with this news as we look forward to a victorious outing. The legal team is leaving no stone unturned as we have been working assiduously behind the scene.”

Kanu had faulted the order of Justice Binta Nyako of a Federal High Court, Abuja, which ordered him to answer seven out of the 15-count terrorism charge against him.

He had prayed the Court of Appeal to quash the entire charges and set him free on various grounds, among which the purported offences were not committed in Nigeria.

Justice Hanatu Sankey, who led a three-man panel of justices that heard the appeal, had reserved judgment.

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