The Federal Excessive Courtroom sitting in Umuahia, Abia State, has denied President Muhammadu Buhari-led Authorities the bid to switch the go well with filed in opposition to the chief of the Indigenous Folks of Biafra (IPOB), NNAMDI KANU.
The Federal Authorities on Wednesday had requested that the case filed in opposition to Kanu be transferred to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
The Federal Excessive Courtroom in its ruling famous that it has the jurisdiction to listen to and decide the go well with.
The event was disclosed by the Particular Counsel to Kanu, Aloy Ejimakor in a publish on his Twitter account.
In response to Ejimakor, the matter earlier than the Federal Excessive Courtroom continues to be ongoing.
Ejimakor wrote, “Breaking: Federal Excessive Courtroom, Umuahia denies the Federal Authorities’s software to switch the ‘extraordinary rendition’ go well with to Abuja, and guidelines that Umuahia has the jurisdiction to listen to and decide the go well with”. Studying of the remainder of the judgment continues.”
Ejimakor on Wednesday pleaded with the Courtroom to order the return of the IPOB chief to Kenya the place he was kidnapped or the UK, the nation the place he resides.
The particular counsel to Kanu challenged the kidnapping and extraordinary rendition of the IPOB chief from Kenya.