Nnamdi Kanu N500m Richer As Court Asks FG To Pay Him Huge Amount of Money
- The Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia ordered the Federal Government to pay N500 million to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu
- According to the court, the money is for his forcible extradition and extraordinary rendition from Kenya
- Justice E . N Anyadike also ordered the Federal Government to return Kanu to Kenya from where he was extradited to Nigeria on June 19, 2021.
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In what will come as a big disappointment Muhammadu Buhari's administration, a Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia, the Abia state capital, has ordered the federal government to pay Nnamdi Kanu, N500m as damages following his illegal abduction and human rights abuse.
The court also ordered the federal government to return the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, to Kenya, from where he was extradited to Nigeria on June 19, 2021, Channels TV reports.
The court presided over by Justice E.N. Anyadike, insisted that the extradition of Kanu from Kenya without recourse to the legal process was a flagrant abuse of his fundamental human rights, Punch Newspaper reports.
Nnamdi Kanu: 4 most powerful controversies about now discharged IPOB leader
Legit.ng earlier reported that Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed IPOB, has been freed by the appeal court sitting in Abuja after his second arrest and detainment in 2017.
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The IPOB leader's release has escalated jubilations in some parts of the southeast, particularly in Imo state, and Ohanaeze Ndigbo speaks of fresh air at last.
However, Kanu made some controversial statements before his arrests, which included death threats to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Pastor Kumuyi, among others.
Again, Nnamdi Kanu drags FG to court, demands N100bn for violation of his right
Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has initiated a fundamental human right action before a federal high court in Abuja.
The secessionist is demanding N100 billion as reparation for the federal government's gross violation of his right to liberty and dignity of the human person.
This was contained in a statement signed by his legal team lead, Mike Ozekhome, who maintained that the IPOB leader is also seeking his immediate release from the "unlawful facility" of the department of state service (DSS).
Source: Legit.ng
