BREAKING: Nnamdi Kanu refuses to appear in court in protest against FG

Ima Elijah 12:10 - 14 November 2022

A file photo of Nnamdi Kanu (second left) at the court in Abuja. (Kola Sulaimon/AFP).

He informed the court that all entreaties made to persuade him to have a change of heart were rebuffed.

The self-acclimated leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, on Monday, November 14, 2022, refused to appear before a Federal High Court in Abuja in protest against the Federal Government’s refusal to obey a Court of Appeal judgment that ordered his release from detention.

The refusal to honour the High Court was conveyed to Justice Binta Nyako by the Federal Government counsel, Mr Mohammed Abubakar.

What Kanu said: He informed the court that all entreaties made to persuade him to have a change of heart were rebuffed.

Kanu's protest: Kanu was said to have stood his ground not to appear in court until the October 13 judgment of the Court of Appeal is respected and obeyed by releasing him from the custody of the Department of the State Service, DSS, in Abuja.

Kanu won the case against FG: Kanu had secured another victory against the federal government in his fight against his extradition from Kenya.

Justice Evelyn Anyadike of the Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia upheld Kanu’s suit against the federal government, and awarded a cost of N500 million against the federal government.

Kanu retaliates: Kanu, has filed a N100 billion fundamental rights enforcement suit against the Federal Government over his continued detention by the Department of State Services, (DSS).

In the suit filed at the Federal High Court Abuja, Kanu is seeking his immediate release from the facility of the DSS and payment of N100 billion reparation for the violation of his rights to liberty and dignity of human person.