Biafra: Nnamdi Kanu files contempt against AGF, DSS
– The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra Nnamdi Kanu has initiated a suit for contempt proceedings against the Nigerian government – The proceedings has been filed before a Federal Capital territory High Court in Maitama Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Whatsapp The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra Nnamdi Kanu has taken a step to ensure the federal government and the Department of State Services and the attorney general of the federation to obey court order mandating his unconditional release from Kuje Prison. In a fresh move, Kanu has initiated a suit for contempt proceedings against the federal government, the attorney general of the federation and the director general of DSS. A statement by Kanu’s counsel Ifeanyi Ejiofor said the proceedings filed before a Federal Capital territory High Court in Maitama is expected to commit the respondents for non-execution of the court order given by Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court in Abuja on December 17, 2015. Kanu was first arrested by the DSS in Lagos on his return from United Kingdom on October 14, 2015. Following his arrest, the DSS arraigned him before a Magistrate Court in Wuse Zone 2 in Abuja.
However, the Magistrate granted the IPOB leader bail and later acquitted him of all charges against him. But the DSS approached the Federal High Court where the agency obtained a remand order to detain him for 90 days following terrorism investigations carried out on him, a move Kanu’s counsel described as “surreptitious”.
– The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra Nnamdi Kanu has initiated a suit for contempt proceedings against the Nigerian government – The proceedings has been filed before a Federal Capital territory High Court in Maitama Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Whatsapp The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra Nnamdi Kanu has taken a step to ensure the federal government and the Department of State Services and the attorney general of the federation to obey court order mandating his unconditional release from Kuje Prison. In a fresh move, Kanu has initiated a suit for contempt proceedings against the federal government, the attorney general of the federation and the director general of DSS. A statement by Kanu’s counsel Ifeanyi Ejiofor said the proceedings filed before a Federal Capital territory High Court in Maitama is expected to commit the respondents for non-execution of the court order given by Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court in Abuja on December 17, 2015. Kanu was first arrested by the DSS in Lagos on his return from United Kingdom on October 14, 2015. Following his arrest, the DSS arraigned him before a Magistrate Court in Wuse Zone 2 in Abuja.
However, the Magistrate granted the IPOB leader bail and later acquitted him of all charges against him. But the DSS approached the Federal High Court where the agency obtained a remand order to detain him for 90 days following terrorism investigations carried out on him, a move Kanu’s counsel described as “surreptitious”.
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