The Supreme Court has fixed May 11 for definite hearing of the case between the Federal Government and leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
Meanwhile the Federal Government on Thursday secured the apex court’s permission to file nine fresh grounds of appeal to oppose Kanu’s release from detention.
The FG’s request included the fresh grounds in its amended notice of appeal of October 28, 2022.
The government lawyer, Mr. Tijani Gadzali, SAN, made the application and also sought an adjournment to respond to the request of the embattled IPOB leader to be transferred from the detention facility of the Department of State Services, DSS, to the Kuje Correctional Centre.
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Gazzali told the court that he would need time to file a counter-affidavit to oppose Kanu’s request, making a five-member panel of the Supreme Court led by Justice Inyang Okoro to beadjourn the case till May 11 for definite hearing.
The Court of Appeal in Abuja had on October 13, 2022, ordered Kanu’s release from detention.
In a unanimous decision by a three-member panel, the appellate court equally quashed a 15-count terrorism charge that FG brought against Kanu before the Federal High Court in Abuja, saying it was satisfied that FG flagrantly violated all known laws when it forcefully bundled Kanu from Kenya to the country to continue his trial.
The panel held that the Federal Government acted arbitrarily hence it divested the trial court of the jurisdiction to continue Kanu’s trial.