An Abia State High Court sitting in Umuahia, the state capital, will determine if the trial of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, will continue at the Federal High Court in Abuja or be terminated abruptly on January 19.
It will deliver judgement in a suit seeking to stop Kanu’s ongoing trial over treasonable felony charges before the high court judge, Justice Binta Nyako.
Kanu has been in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) since he was brought back to the country.
Justice Benson Anya of the Abia High Court fixed the date after closing arguments by Kanu’s special counsel, Aloy Ejimakor.
In the suit filed on August 27, 2021, the lawyer is seeking an order of injunction restraining the Federal Government from taking any further step in prosecuting Kanu in the charge numbered FHC/ABJ/CR/383/2015.
The suit is equally seeking an order compelling the government to forthwith release Kanu from detention, restore the liberty he enjoyed before his alleged abduction on June 19, 2021, and repatriate him to Britain, where is he is a citizen.
Kanu is also demanding an apology for the alleged infringement of his fundamental rights, to be published in three national dailies.
