October 28, (THEWILL) – The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, has upheld the Federation Government’s application seeking a stay of execution on the court judgment, which discharged the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.
THEWILL reports that the Appeal court had on October 13, discharged and quashed the terrorism charges filed against Kanu by the Federal Government and subsequently ordered his release from the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS).
However, the Federal Government had in a stay of execution application, filed before the appellate court, argued that releasing Kanu from detention will pose a security risk to the nation.
But in a ruling on Friday, a 3-man panel led by Justice Haruna S., held that since the Federal Government already entered an appeal at the Supreme Court, it was discretionary that the final verdict on the case be made by the court above.
Granting the order of a stay of execution, the court ordered the records of the proceedings before it to be immediately forwarded to the Supreme Court for final determination.
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