Nnamdi Kanu appeals court ruling on Jurisdiction

The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has appealed the June 19 ruling of Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court Abuja against his objection to the jurisdiction of the court to subject him to trial.

Kanu through his counsel, Chief Aloy Ejimakor, filed the notice of appeal at the Court of Appeal in Abuja.

In a statement, he said I filed a Notice of Appeal with the Court of Appeal in Abuja against the 19th June 2024 ruling of Justice Binta Murtala-Nyako, refusing Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s application objecting to the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court to subject him to trial.

”The grounds of the objection are seven and mostly predicated on provisions of the Constitution, the Terrorism Prevention and Prohibition Act 2022 and other pertinent statutes.”

The Federal Government to Nigeria is the only Respondent, and to be served through her Counsel, Asiwaju Adegboyega Awomolo.

The notice of appeal further read:”TAKE NOTICE that the Appellant being dissatisfied with the Ruling of the Federal High Court, Abuja Division coram: B.F.M Nyako, J. delivered on the 19th June, 2024, more particularly set out in Paragraph 2, doth hereby appeal to the Court of Appeal, Abuja upon the grounds set out in Paragraph 3 below and will at the hearing of the Appeal seek the Reliefs set out in Paragraph 4 of this Notice of Appeal..

“AND TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the names and addresses of persons directly affected by this appeal are those set out in Paragraph 5.

Kanu has remained at the Abuja headquarters of the Department of State Services, DSS, since his extraordinary rendition from Kenya in June 2021.