The Nigerian government’s rearrest and extrajudicial rendition of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, was condemned by the Supreme Court on Friday.
Kanu was arrested again in Kenya and will be returned to Nigeria in 2021. Kanu has remained in the custody of the Department of State Service, DSS, even after an Appeal Court ordered the FG to free him.
However, delivering its judgment, Supreme 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.
The court however slammed FG, saying it must be conscious of its image, both locally and internationally, even as it knocked the trial court for revoking Kanu’s bail after he escaped to save his life following the invasion of his home by security agents.