The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has filed a new lawsuit demanding the permanent termination of his ongoing trial by the Federal Government.
In the suit, Kanu describes his continued prosecution as a “flagrant violation of the rule of law,” arguing that it should have ended when the Court of Appeal discharged him previously. He highlights four key defects that he claims render the trial invalid.
Kanu argues that the government is in “flagrant contempt” of the appellate court’s past judgment that discharged him. He also claims a severe denial of a fair hearing, stating that after four years in solitary detention, he was allowed only three hours of monitored consultation with his lawyers on the eve of his defence in a capital case—a situation he labels “judicial perversity.”
Furthermore, Kanu alleges that the court’s ruling on his fitness to stand trial relies on a forged medical report, which was dated three days before the court order for the medical examination was even issued. He insists no such examination ever took place.
Citing legal precedents, Kanu’s suit urges the court to declare the entire proceedings a nullity and terminate the trial immediately.
