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Kanu defeats Buhari in court

Kanu defeats Buhari in court

Posted: January 19, 2022 at 6:16 am   /   by   /   comments (0)

Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Wednesday, secured victory at the Abia State High Court.

This is even as Justice Ben Anya of the High Court sitting in Abia State, turned down the Nigerian government’s challenge of its jurisdiction to hear Kanu’s fundamental rights suit.

Kanu’s legal team led by  Aloy Ejimakor, had initiated the fundamental human rights suit against the Nigerian government.

In the suit, he implored court to declare the invasion of the residence of the IPOB leader in Abia State in 2017 as unlawful and an infringement of his constitutional right.

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He urged the court to declare his rearrest and torture in Kenya last year as unlawful.

The suit, which Ejimakor filed in August, further sought the court to stop the Nigerian government from prosecuting Kanu, mandating it to release the IPOB leader and tender an apology to Kanu, among others.

But, during today’s proceedings, the Nigerian government challenged the jurisdiction of the court to hear the suit.

This was disclosed by Ejimakor in a tweet.

“Breaking: MNK wins as Abia High Court rejects Nigerian government’s challenge to its jurisdiction to hear Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s fundamental rights suit. Judgment on other issues still in progress,” Ejimakor wrote.

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