JUST IN: SUPREME COURT QUASHES ORDER FOR NNAMDI KANU’S RELEASE, UPHOLDS FG”S APPEAL

The Supreme Court, on Friday, quashed the judgment of Court of Appeal that ordered the Federal Government to release the embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, from detention. Though the apex court, in a unanimous decision by a five-member panel of Justices, acknowledged that FG acted “irresponsibly” when it forcefully brought Kanu back to the country from Kenya, against all known laws, however, it held that it was not enough to divest the trial court of its jurisdiction to continue with the case. It held…

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