The court has also discharged and acquitted the Nnamdi Kanu in a three-man panel ruling on Thursday, October 13, 2022.
The Federal Government is prosecuting Kanu at the Federal High Court in Abuja for 15 count charges, including treasonable felony and terrorism, offences he allegedly committed during his agitations for Biafra.
However, the appellate court held that the Federal High Court lacks the jurisdiction to try Kanu considering his abduction and extraordinary rendition to Nigeria, which contravened the Organisation of African Union (OAU) convention and protocol on extradition.
The court ruled that the 15-count charge slammed against the IPOB leader failed to disclose place, date, time and nature of the alleged offences before he was unlawfully extradited to Nigeria.
The court further held that the Federal Government failed to disclose where Kanu was arrested despite the grave allegations against him.
Nnamdi Kanu got off with the Federal Government following his persistent calls for the breakaway of Southeastern Nigeria to form the Republic of Biafra.
Kanu was operating from outside the shores of the country using the online platform, Radio Biafra, to rally the people of the region for his cause, but he was arrested by the authorities on arriving Nigeria sometime in October 2015.
