Nnamdi Kanu
The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has claimed that he cannot be tried in any Nigerian court, citing the country’s Constitution and international laws.
He said any court trying him is committing terrorism.
Following a Federal High Court ruling in Abuja that dismissed his applications for bail and transfer from Department of State Services custody, on Monday, Kanu addressed journalists at the court premises, asserting that the Terrorism Prohibition and Prevention Act prohibits his trial in Nigeria.
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According to Kanu, the law states that he cannot be tried in any Nigerian court.
He quoted Section 2, Subsection 3(f) of the Terrorism Prevention and Prohibition Act, which he claims labels anyone attempting to try him as a terrorist.
Kanu emphasized that any court proceeding with his trial would be committing an act of terrorism, according to the law.
He said, “Terrorism Prohibition and Prevention Act said that I cannot be tried in Nigeria, that is the law of Nigeria. I can never be tried in any court of law in Nigeria. That is what the law says.
“Anyone standing in trial or coming to try me is a terrorist. That is what the law says, not me. Section 2, Subsection 3 F of the Terrorism Prevention and Prohibition Act, that is what it says.
“Any court continuing to try me is committing an act of terrorism.”
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The opinion of judge Binta Nyako is most unfortunate: How can she say that Kanu jumped bail or that Kanu should go to Appeal court to contest her ruling or denial of Kanu's application for bail? May I note that upto 28 Nigerians were killed by Nigerian army when d army invaded Kanu's home in Afara Ukwu to kill Kanu but Kanu miraculously escaped being killed by army, so if judge Nyako today ruled that Kanu jumped bail, why did this same judge Nyako acquitted Kanu last year, an acquittal that Nigeria govt appealed to Appeal court? If judge Nyako is right in her ruling today, then it means she was wrong in her first ruling, and if she was wrong it means she is incompetent and so why was she even re-assigned to this case again by CJN? Judge Binta Nyako is not incompetent, we all know that, so her ruling today was definitely induced, and hence very suspect! Therefore Kanu is quite in order here, and I joint him in calling Nigerian govt a terrorist. If Nigerian govt is not a terrorist, how come the 28 Nigerians govt killed at Afra Ukwu in an attempt to kill Kanu were over-looked by d govt to claim that Kanu jumped? If the lives of those 28 Nigerians killed by d govt do not matter, it means Nigeria govt is a terrorist!