Detained IPOB leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has approached the Court of Appeal in Abuja seeking an order to halt the Federal High Court from delivering judgment in the terrorism charges filed against him by the Federal Government.
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court had fixed November 20 for the judgment, but Kanu, through a fresh motion on notice, urged the appellate court to suspend further proceedings pending the determination of his appeal.
Kanu’s appeal challenges the September 26 ruling of Justice Omotosho, which dismissed his no-case submission and ordered him to open his defence. He argued that the High Court erred by dismissing his objection without addressing key issues of jurisdiction and validity of the charges.
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According to him, the charges were based on a repealed Terrorism Prevention and Prohibition Act, rendering them invalid. He also alleged that the trial judge denied him the right to call 23 defence witnesses and failed to rule on his objections before setting a judgment date.
Kanu warned that allowing the judgment to proceed could lead to an unlawful conviction, making his pending appeal “a mere academic exercise.”
In a 13-paragraph affidavit he personally signed, Kanu insisted that several counts in the case, including Count 7, were already struck out by the Supreme Court and no longer constitute offences under Nigerian law.
The Court of Appeal has yet to fix a date for the hearing of the motion.
