Appeal Court grants FG request to stop Kanu’s freedom from detention

The Court of Appeal, Abuja, has granted the request by the Federal Government for a stay of execution of its October 13 judgment which discharged the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, of terrorism charges.

A three-member panel of the court while ruling on the request on Friday ordered that the execution of the judgment be suspended pending the determination of the appeal filed by the government in the Supreme Court.

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Justice Haruna Tsamani, who read the lead ruling, ordered the FG to expedite action on the appeal it filed by ensuring prompt transmission of regards among others. The judge held that the counter-affidavit filed by Kanu’s legal team against FG’s application was misleading.