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Nnamdi Kanu Files Suit Against Kenya Over Extradition to Nigeria

16Sep

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Biafra, Judiciary, News, Nigeria

Nnamdi Kanu Files Suit Against Kenya Over Extradition to Nigeria

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has sued Kenya over his extradition to Nigeria. The pro-Biafra activist’s brother, Kingsley Kanunta, sued on his behalf, according to court papers obtained by our correspondent In his petition presented by Luchiri and Company Advocates, Kanu argued that his arrest in Kenya and subsequent extradition to Nigeria in June were unconstitutional. Those named as respondents are Kenya’s Interior CS, Director of Immigration, Director of Criminal Investigations, OCPD Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, and the Attorney General. Nigerian officials on June 29 claimed Kanu was brought back to face trial after he jumped bail and went on the run in 2017. The petition revealed that Kanu was in Kenya to seek medical atte...

There Is Light At End Of The Tunnel – Nnamdi Kanu’s Lawyer Says After Visit To IPOB Leader

10Sep

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Biafra, Judiciary, News, Nigeria

There Is Light At End Of The Tunnel – Nnamdi Kanu’s Lawyer Says After Visit To IPOB Leader

Ifeanyi Ejiofor, the lead legal representative for the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has asked his followers not to lack focus as they battle to secure Kanu’s release. Ejiofor added that he visited Kanu in the custody of the Department of State Services, DSS, on Thursday The lawyer also stated that the operatives of the DSS who treated them inhumanely in recent weeks were different during the latest visit to the separatist leader. Ejiofor disclosed this in the statement made available to SaharaReporters on Thursday night. He also said Kanu was elated to see his brother and thankful to his supporters. The statement read, "I visited our indefatigable Client, Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu in the company of his younger brother- Prince Emmanuel ...

How DSS Prevented Nnamdi Kanu’s American Lawyer, Others From Seeing Him – IPOB Lawyer

3Sep

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Judiciary, News, Nigeria

How DSS Prevented Nnamdi Kanu’s American Lawyer, Others From Seeing Him – IPOB Lawyer

The Department of State Services, DSS, prevented the lawyers representing the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu from seeing him yesterday despite a court order permitting routine visit of his legal team. According to a statement issued by Kanu’s lead counsel, Ifeanyi Ejiofor and obtained by SaharaReporters on Friday, the DSS said "that the person assigned to receive us during yesterday's visit was on a special assignment.” Ejiofor stated that he was in the secret police’s office with a constitutional lawyer from the United States (US), Bruce Fein, but they were prevented from seeing the separatist leader despite meeting formal notification and existing procedures on visitation. Fein had in May filed a lawsuit on behalf of IPOB in the US to revoke the si...

Gov Ortom Threatens To Sue Buhari Over Grazing Routes

23Aug

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Agriculture, Judiciary, News, Nigeria

Gov Ortom Threatens To Sue Buhari Over Grazing Routes

Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom has promised to sue the President Muhammadu Buhari administration if he goes ahead to implement the recommendations of a committee that reviewed the Grazing Reserve Policy. Buhari last Thursday approved the recommendations of a committee chaired by the Chief of Staff to the President, Ibrahim Gambari to review “with dispatch, 368 grazing sites, across 25 states in the country, and to determine the levels of encroachment.” Presidential spokesperson, Shehu, confirmed this in a statement in Abuja. But the move has been criticised by Southern state governors. The governors in a swift reaction tackled the President over the order to review with dispatch 368 grazing sites in 25 states across the country. Several southern groups, including Yoruba ...

Buhari Ratifies Appointment of Husseini Baba-Yusuf As FCT Acting Chief Judge

14Aug

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Judiciary, News, Nigeria

Buhari Ratifies Appointment of Husseini Baba-Yusuf As FCT Acting Chief Judge

President Muhammadu Buhari has ratified the appointment of justice Husseini Baba-Yusuf as the acting Chief Judge of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory on the recommendation of the National Judicial Council. This was contained in a press statement issued by the Director of Information, Soji Oye, on Saturday. Read Also: No Group Or Individuals Must Stop Anambra Election – Buhari Orders Military Chiefs The statement indicated that “The acting appointment takes effect from 1, August 2021. “Hon Justice Husseini Baba-Yusuf will be sworn in by the Chief Justice of Nigeria and Chairman of the National Judicial Council, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, CFR, on Monday, August 16, 2021 by 10am at the Supreme Court of Nigeria.” Source: Punch

Court Remands Businessman In Prison For Allegedly Insulting Fintiri on Social Media

11Aug

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Judiciary, News, Nigeria

Court Remands Businessman In Prison For Allegedly Insulting Fintiri on Social Media

The Magistrate Court 2, presided by Magistrate Japhet Ibrahim Basani, on Monday remanded a businessman, Ali Numan, in Prison for allegedly insulting Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State on social media. It was gathered that Numan had on the 11th, 12th, 13th, 17th, 20th and 29th of July 2021, criticised the governor in posts published in Hausa and Fulfulde languages on his Facebook page. He was said to have allegedly described Governor Fintiri as “a thief and father of all thieves in Nigeria.” Numan allegedly claimed that the governor stole noodles and spaghetti and also hundreds of billions of naira. Read Also: EFCC Detains Anyim Over N780m Aviation Ministry Fund According to a statement of complaint by the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Afraimu Jingi, lo...

Court Remands Ex-President Yar’Adua’s Son For Allegedly Killing Four Including 2-Year-Old

6Aug

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Judiciary, News, Nigeria

Court Remands Ex-President Yar’Adua’s Son For Allegedly Killing Four Including 2-Year-Old

Aminu Yar’Adua, son of the late former President Umar Yar’Adua of Nigeria, has been remanded in prison for allegedly killing four people in an auto crash in Yola. A Magistrate Court in Yola remanded the 36-year-old Aminu, on Thursday after he appeared in court for allegedly causing death by dangerous driving on June 23, 2021. The suspect is a student of the American University of Nigeria, Yola in Adamawa state. According to the police, First Information Report (FIR) tendered in court by the prosecutor, Insp. Zakka Musa, the accused had, while driving along Yola bye-pass on June 23, 2021, crushed six people as a result of excessive speeding, News Agency of Nigeria reports. Read Also: International Airfares Rise As Naira Crashes On IATA Platform The court heard that four of th...

Benin Republic Set To Determine Sunday Igboho’s Asylum Request This Week – Lawyer

2Aug

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Judiciary, News, Nigeria

Benin Republic Set To Determine Sunday Igboho’s Asylum Request This Week – Lawyer

Speculations are rife that the Benin Republic will decide on the asylum application by Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, alias Sunday Igboho, this week, The bail application for Igboho was initially delayed by his lawyers because of his medical report and the expected outcome of his asylum application among others, Punch reports. Igboho’s lawyers were considering different options to get him out of a detention facility in Cotonou without being extradited to Nigeria. Igboho and his wife were arrested on Monday, July 19, 2021, by the International Criminal Police Organisation at the Cadjèhoun Airport in Cotonou, Republic of Benin on their way to Germany. Ropo was later released. This was after DSS raided his house in Ibadan and declared him wanted for stockpiling arms. W...

SAN Urges Kyari To Turn Himself In If Sure Of Innocence

2Aug

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Corruption, Judiciary, News, Nigeria

SAN Urges Kyari To Turn Himself In If Sure Of Innocence

Muiz Banire, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, has urged a Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, to turn himself into the Interpol if he is sure that he is innocent of the allegations preferred against him by the United States Attorney’s Office, Central District of California. The American court had issued an arrest warrant against Kyari for his alleged role in the case of alleged international fraud involving five other persons and running into over $1m. He noted, however, that Kyari’s indictment by the American court is a dent on Nigeria’s image. Banire spoke on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics programme. The Lagos State ex-Environment commissioner was reacting to DCP Kyari’s suspension by the Police Service Commission on Sunday. According to a statement by the commi...

Hushpuppi: Why Kyari May Not Be Extradited To US – Police

1Aug

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Corruption, Judiciary, News, Nigeria

Hushpuppi: Why Kyari May Not Be Extradited To US – Police

Embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police and Commander, IGP Intelligence Response and Monitoring Team, Abba Kyari, is prepared to oppose his extradition to the United States for criminal prosecution. Reports say that the quest to extradite Kyari to the US to face trial for alleged involvement in a $1.1m Internet fraud would be fought hard at the courts. Already, the DCP has been advised to constitute a strong legal team to challenge and, possibly, frustrate the extradition request of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in court. An FBI criminal complaint lodged at the United States District Court in California had listed Ramoni Abass, alias Hushpuppi, and Kyari among six suspects indicted in a $1.1m international fraud conspiracy. The other suspects include AbdulRahman Juma (Ab...