FG Files Fresh Charges Against Nnamdi Kanu

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.