NNAMDI KANU’S APPLICATION – COURT RULING AND DSS DOCUMENTATION (FULL DETAILS)

A Federal High Court in Abuja
has ruled on an application of
stay of proceedings filed by
the leader of Indigenous
People Of Biafra, Nnamdi
Kanu.
In his ruling, the judge over the
matter, John Tsoho refused an
application made by Kanu’s
counsel, Chuks Muoma.
He said application is not
based on facts and findings.
In a 5-paragraph counter
affidavit, the DSS had asked
the court to discontence
Kanu’s application. The DSS
said the application filed by
Kanu lacked merit and cannot
stand. Kanu in his application
asked the court to stay
proceedings on his trial
pending an Appeal Court
hearing on an appeal made
over the court’s ruling to allow
protection of defense witness.
The judge said the granting of
stay of discretion of the court.
He also said the discretion
must follow a process guided
by principles of the appeal. He
said: “Stay of proceedings is
antecedical to speedy trial and
must be based on peculiar
facts and findings.” He
however said that the appeal
filed by the applicant is based
on the proceedings of the
court.
IPOB Tsoho said that there is
no dispute as to the
jurisdiction of the court to try
the matter. He also added that
the trial of Nnamdi Kanu will
continue unless on an order
from the judicial Meanwhile,
the Uchenna Madu led faction
of the Movement for the
Actualisation of the Sovereign
State of Biafra (MASSOB) has
called on the leadership of the
Indigenous People of Biafra
(IPOB) to close ranks and
resolve the leadership crisis
rocking the pro-Biafran group.
MASSOB in a statement made
available to Vanguard, decried
that the level of internal crisis
rocking the IPOB was creating
a distraction from the primary
target, interest and focus on
the actualisation of Biafra.