The counsels of the detained leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, have submitted a list of nine court orders relating to the matter to the office of the Attorney General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, at the Federal Ministry of Justice in Abuja.
The leader of the legal team, Barr Nnaemeka Ejiofor, told journalists on Thursday that the court orders were those made by both domestic and international courts directing the release of the IPOB leader.
He said the decision to forward all the court orders was in response to the statement credited to the AGF that he was not aware of Kanu’s case and that his fate would be resolved by the court.
Ejiofor also asked President Bola Tinubu to release Kanu and respect the various orders, which directed the IPOB leader’s release.
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On May 24, Fagbemi, said the offence of the detained IPOB leader is a difficult one and can only be resolved by a competent court of law.
He also pointed out that there was a remarkable difference between Kanu’s case and that of Omoyele Sowore.
Days earlier, Kanu’s lawyers filed a preliminary objection at the Federal High Court Abuja, asking the trial judge, Justice Binta Nyako, to decline jurisdiction to proceed with the trial against him.
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Part of the issue for determination, was whether the court has the jurisdiction to try Kanu for any, or all the offences charged against him in Counts 1, 2, 4,5 and 8, to quash the said counts on the ground that the law which the said counts were predicated, was unconstitutional.
Justice Nyako dismissed the request by Kanu for the restoration of his revoked bail and the removal from the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS), to a house arrest or prison custody.
Kanu has been in DSS custody since June 2021 when he was arrested in Kenya and has since resumed terrorism-related trial levelled against him by the Federal Government.
