The Federal Government has filed six counts
including treason against founder of Radio Biafra,
Nnamdi Kanu, before a Federal High Court in
Abuja.
Two other persons charged along with Kanu
are Benjamin Madubugwu and David Nwawuisi.
The fresh case filed and signed by the Director,
Public Prosecution, Mohammed Saidu Diri, for
the Attorney-General of the Federation is to
come up before Justice Ahmed Mohammed
today.
The case is listed as part of the cases to be
heard by Justice Mohammed today but as of
1pm no prosecuting lawyer was in court.
The accused persons are not in court yet, but a
number of policemen have taken position outside
the court premises.
Another judge of the Abuja Division of the
Federal High Court had on December 17 ordered
the Department of State Service to release from
its custody unconditionally since there was no
pending charges against him about two months
after his detention.
But instead of releasing him, the Federal
Government filed fresh charges against him.
The prosecution also accused accused the three
men of managing an unlawful society – the
Indegenious People of Biafra.
Kanu and the two others were charged with
treasonable felony, an offence the prosecution
says is punishable under Section 41(C) of the
Criminal Code Act, CAP C38 Laws of the
Federation of Nigeria.
The charges read in part, “That you, Nnamdi
Kanu and other unknown persons, now at large,
at London, United Kingdom, between 2014 and
September, 2015, with intention to levy war
against Nigeria in order to force the President to
change his measures of being the President of
the Federation, Head of State and Commander-
in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federation
as defined in Section 3 of the Constitution of the
Federal Re- public of Nigeria 1999 (as amended)
by doing an act to wit: Broadcast on Radio Biafra
your preparations for the states in the South-
East geo-political zone, South-South geo-political
zone, the Igala Community of Kogi State and the
Idoma/Igede Community of Benue State to
secede from the Federal Republic of Nigeria and
form themselves into a Republic of Biafra, and
thereby committed an offence punish- able under
Section 41(C) of the Criminal Code Act, CAP
C38 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004.”
Justice Ademola had on December 17 ordered an
unconditional release of a leader of pro-Biafra
Republic agitation and Director of Radio Biafra,
Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, from the custody of the
Department of State Service.
Justice Ademola in a ruling on Kanu’s bail
application held that his continued detention for
about two months without any pending charges
against him was in breach of the provisions of
section 34 of the constitution.....
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