The Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Tuesday, reserved judgment in the appeal filed by the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra , Nnamdi Kanu, against terrorism charges filed against him by the federal government.
In arguing the appeal, Kanu’s lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome , told the three-man panel that Kanu was first arraigned on December 23, 2015 and granted bail on April 25, 2017. “Following the appellant’s preliminary objection to the 15-count charge preferred against him by the federal government, the trial judge, Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal Hight Court, Abuja, on April 8, 2022, struck out eight counts.
“Counts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 8, which were retained by the Federal High Court, were offences allegedly committed by the appellant before his forceful rendition to Nigeria.