The N50 billion suit of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Nnamdi Kanu, against the Federal Government has been adjourned by the Federal High Court in Abuja to April 22, 2024, News About Nigeria reports.
Recall that Kanu had accused the Federal Government of kidnapping him from Kenya and bringing him to Nigeria for trial and asked the court to order the FG to pay him N50 billion as damages.
This was contained in the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/462/2022.
The IPOB leader had also asked the court for an order to release him from the Department of the State’s custody.
He cited the provisions of Article 12 (4) of the African Charter on human and peoples rights (ratification and enforcement) Act Cap A9 laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004, and Article/Part 5 (a) of the African Charter’s principles and guidelines on human and peoples’ rights while countering terrorism in Africa.”
According to the suit, his counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, demanded that the court judge determine whether the way and manner in which the plaintiff was abducted in Kenya and extraordinarily renditioned to Nigeria are consistent with existing laws.
However, the Federal Government (FG) and AGF, in the preliminary objection filed, described Kanu’s suit as an abuse of the court process, urging the court to dismiss its process.
According to them, Kanu had filed an earlier suit with similar facts before a Federal High Court in Umuahia.
The trial judge, Justice Inyang Ekwo, directed that Kanu’s Counsel, find out if a similar matter has been brought before a sister court or if a judgment had been delivered in a similar suit.
