The Federal Government has filed fresh charges including treason against founder of Radio Biafra and leader of the Independent People of Biafra IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu before Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Federal High Court Abuja.
The
fresh case filed and signed by the Director, Public Prosecution,
Mohammed Saidu Diri, for the Attorney-General of the Federation comes
barely a week after Justice Adeniyi Ademola ordered the unconditional
release of the accused since there was no pending charges against him about two months after his detention in October.
The DSS after the court ruling, had kept him in their custody and decided to file fresh charges against him. The new case against him is meant to be heard by the court today December 22nd.
The DSS after the court ruling, had kept him in their custody and decided to file fresh charges against him. The new case against him is meant to be heard by the court today December 22nd.
Part of the charge against
him reads: “That
you, Nnamdi Kanu and other unknown persons, now at large, at London,
United Kingdom, between 2014 and September, 2015, with intention to levy
war against Nigeria in order to force the President to change his
measures of being the President of the Federation, Head of State and
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federation as defined in
Section 3 of the Constitution of the Federal Re- public of Nigeria 1999
(as amended) by doing an act to wit: Broadcast on Radio Biafra your
preparations for the states in the South- East geo-political zone,
South-South geo-political zone, the Igala Community of Kogi State and
the Idoma/Igede Community of Benue State to secede from the Federal
Republic of Nigeria and form themselves into a Republic of Biafra, and
thereby committed an offence punish- able under Section 41(C) of the
Criminal Code Act, CAP C38 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004.”
Source: Punch