According to Lateef Fagbemi, the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Nnamdi Kanu, the jailed leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), committed a serious crime that should only be handled by an experienced court.
He went on to say that since the case was already in court, the law ought to have the last say.
In response to inquiries during Friday’s Sectoral Ministerial Briefing marking President Bola Tinubu’s first anniversary in office, the AGF made this statement. He also emphasized how strikingly different Omoyele Sowore’s situation was from Kanu’s.
He noted that the case was still pending in court, but that Kanu is being held in compliance with the Constitution.
The Attorney General went on to say that in a single year, the Federal Government was able to win 250 convictions for acts of terrorism and other crimes.
Kanu’s attorneys requested in a preliminary objection filed in the Federal High Court of Abuja on Tuesday that Justice Binta Nyako, the trial judge, not grant jurisdiction to continue with Kanu‘s case.
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Whether the court has the authority to try Kanu for any or all of the offenses listed in charges 1, 2, 4,5, and 8 and to void those charges on the grounds that the legislation upon which they were based is unconstitutional is one of the issues that needs to be resolved.
They drew attention to the fact that the Nigerian constitution binds the court in two cases involving foreign tribunal rulings that oppose Kanu’s arrest, custody, prosecution, and trial.
They added that Kanu’s current trial is an abuse of the legal system as the legislation under which he is being tried has been repealed and is not backed up by any evidence.
Additionally, Kanu’s attorney is requesting that the court reject jurisdiction to consider Count 15 due to its noncompliance with the Administrative
