The Supreme Court has postponed the hearing of the complaint filed by Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), until September 14.
Kanu had petitioned the court to overturn the appeals court’s decision to prevent his release from the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS).
During Thursday’s hearings, the Supreme Court allowed the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, an application to file additional processes in response to Kanu’s petition on Tuesday.
The Supreme Court stated that even if the appeal is heard, there is no time in its calendar to draft and deliver the judgement within the 90-day limit.
As a result, the case was postponed until September 14.
The Court of Appeal had already granted a stay of execution on its ruling, which cleared Kanu of the Federal Government’s terrorism accusations.
The appellate court granted the Federal Government’s application, awaiting the hearing and conclusion of the appeal to the Supreme Court in a unanimous ruling by a three-member panel chaired by Justice Haruna Tsammani.
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Kanu has been detained since his return from Kenya on June 19, 2021.
The IPOB leader was afterwards re-arrested on a new 15-count accusation.
On April 8, 2022, Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja dismissed eight of the charge’s fifteen counts.
On October 13, the court of appeals overturned the remaining seven counts.
