The Federal Government has taken its case against the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Nnamdi Kanu to the Supreme Court.
It has implored the apex court to stay the execution of the October 13 Court of Appeal judgment that freed the leader of the separatist group.
It was learned that the motion contained a seven-ground notice of appeal, in which the Federal Government not only faulted the lower court’s decision but equally prayed that it be set aside.
The appellant argued, among others, that the Court of Appeal erred when it faulted how Kanu was brought back to face trial after he jumped bail and fled the country.
A date for the hearing of the motion for the stay of execution is being awaited.
Recall that last Thursday, the Court of Appeal in Abuja declared unlawful Kanu’s repatriation to Nigeria from Kenya and his subsequent arraignment before a Federal High Court in Abuja for the continuation of his trial on pending terrorism charges.
The three-member panel of the court also quashed the terrorism charge brought against him by the Federal Government, pending before the Federal High Court in Abuja.
The Appeal Court insisted that the government breached all known local and international laws in the forceful rendition of Kanu to Nigeria, thereby making the terrorism charge against him incompetent and unlawful.
