Source: THE PUNCH, NIGERIA
A Federal High Court in Abuja on
Thursday ordered an unconditional release a leader of pro-Biafra leader
and Director of Radio Biafra, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, from the custody of the
Department of State Service.
Justice Adeniyi Ademola in a ruling on
Kanu’s bail application held his continued detention for about two
months without any pending charges against him against the provisions of
section 35(4) of the Constitution.
The judge also set aside an order
granted the DSS on November 10, 2015 permitting the DSS to keep Kanu in
its custody for 90 days.
Earlier on Wednesday, a Magistrate’s
Court in Wuse Zone 2 of the Federal Capital Territory on Wednesday
struck out the charges instituted against a Kanu by the DSS.
The DSS had applied for the
discontinuance of the case to enable it to file charges of terrorism
and terrorism financing against him.
But Justice Ademola ruled on Thursday
that with the continued detention of the pro-Biafra leader for over two
months showed that the DSS lacked sufficient material to prosecute him
or had yet to make up its mind to do so.
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