The Appeal Court in Abuja has reserved judgment on a petition filed by Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
A three-member panel, headed by Justice Jummai Hanatu, after entertaining the final submissions by lawyers to the parties yesterday, said a date for judgment would be communicated to them later.
The panel said it was unnecessary to consider the issue of bail for the appellant since the substantive appeal was ripe for hearing.
Kanu is, by the appeal, seeking to quash the criminal charge for which he is being tried before a Federal High Court in Abuja for alleged terrorism and treasonable felony.
Arguing the appeal yesterday, Kanu’s lead lawyer, Mike Ozekhome (SAN), claimed that his client was forcefully abducted from Kenya and illegally extradited to the country.
But in a counter-argument, lawyer to the Federal Government, David Kaswe, urged the court to dismiss the appeal for lacking in merit.
Also, business and economic activities were shut down in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, and the state’s commercial hub, Aba, in adherence to the sit-at-home order of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
