Court Fixes Dec 15 For Kanu’s Treasonable Felony Judgement 

By Garry Ochigbo

The Supreme Court on Thursday fixed December 15 to deliver judgment in the appeal filed by the Federal Government against the Court of Appeal judgment that quashed the criminal charges against Nnamdi Kanu and ordered his release.

Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun fixed the judgment date after taking arguments from Kanu’ s lawyer, Mike Ozekhome and Tijani Gazali who stood for the Federal Government.

The Federal Government while presenting its case appealed to the Apex Court to void and set aside the judgment of the Court of Appeal which voided the charges against Kanu and ordered his release.

Gazali specifically, pleaded that the judgment of the Federal High Court in Abuja which upheld 7 count charges against Kanu be affirmed so that Kanu can be brought for trial in the charges.

However, while opposing the Federal Government, Ozekhome maintained that the Federal Government had since June 29, 2021 been detaining Kanu illegally, unlawfully and unconstitutionally.

The Senior lawyer pleaded that the judgment of the Court of Appeal which quashed the entire charges against Kanu and ordered his immediate release be upheld and affirmed.

Ozekhome maintained that Kanu’s continued detention by the Federal Government was unlawful in the face of the subsisting Court of Appeal judgment which had ordered that Kanu be immediately released.

He therefore urged the Supreme Court to uphold the judgment of the Court of Appeal and order immediate release of Kanu.

The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division had on October 13, 2022 in a judgment in an appeal filed and argued by Chief Mike Ozekhome, dismissed the remaining 7 count criminal charges brought against Kanu by the Federal Government at the Federal High Court in Abuja.

The Court also prohibited the Federal Government from further detaining or prosecuting Kanu on any indictment or charge before any court in Nigeria.

Edited By Grace Namiji