The National Judicial Council has debunked reports that the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has been released and repatriated to Kenya.
NJC in a statement signed by its Deputy Director of Information, Kemi Ogedengbe, on Thursday in Abuja, emphasized that the purported report is a false and a figment of the writers’ imagination.
The council clarified that while the release is attributed to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, there is no court proceedings, decision or judgment from her to substantiate the claim.
While urging members of the public to disregard the fake story, the council stated that the CJN never wrote any formal letter to the Kenya Government or Kenya High Commission apologising on the issue of arrest of Nnamdi Kanu and trial.
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Kanu is currently facing a seven-count terrorism charge filed against him by the Federal Government.
He was first arrested on October 14, 2015, following his return to Nigeria from the UK. He was later granted bail in 2017 on health grounds after being detained at the Kuje Correctional Facility.
However, Kanu jumped bail and returned to the United Kingdom. He was re-arrested in Kenya in 2021 and extradited to Nigeria, where he has remained in the custody of the Department of State Services till date.
Kanu’s trial, which was briefly stalled due to his demand for a change in his trial judge, is set to continue on Friday, March 21, before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court Abuja
(Editor : Ena Agbanoma)
