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Wednesday, December 16, 2015

DSS drops charges against Nnamdi Kanu in Magistrate Court


Magistrate of the Chief Magistrate Court, Wuse Zone 2, Abuja, Shuaibu Usman, on Wednesday discharged the Director of Radio Biafra and Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB),  Nnamdi Kanu, on all counts of criminal conspiracy and ownership of an unlawful society brought against him by the federal government.


After holding that the government had dropped the charges against Kanu, the judge ruled:  “The accused person is hereby discharged and the case struck out.”

The Department of State Services (DSS) withdrew the case from the Chief Magistrate Court so as to pursue the case in a higher court, which has jurisdiction to entertain charges bordering on terrorism. The DSS got an order from the Federal High Court to keep the IPOB leader imprisoned despite been granted bail by the lower court.
Although Nnamdi Kanu has been discharged by the Magistrate Court, He is still being held by the DSS. The DSS got an order of the federal high court, Abuja, to keep Nnamdi Kanu in detention.
His lawyer Vincent Obetta, filed a counter application, seeking bail for the accused person. Meanwhile, Justice of the Federal High Court, Abuja, Adeniyi Ademola, is expected to rule on the bail application on Thursday.


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