The Nigerian Government, through the Office of the Attorney-General of the federation and Minister of Justice , has appealed in the Supreme Court of Nigeria against the discharged and acquitted of IPOB leader , Nnamdi Kanu , as determined by the Appeal court.
In a notice of appeal , filed before the apex court focused on seven grounds, the government wants the Supreme Court to stay the execution of the appellate court judgment.
The government, other things, contends that the appellate court panel erred in law and occasioned a miscarriage of justice when it relied on the manner by which Kanu was renditioned from Kenya to Nigeria after he jumped bail in 2017, to quash the charges against him.
It further insisted that the appeal court acted in error by striking out the charge against the IPOB leader on the premise that the trial judge no longer had the jurisdiction to handle the matter.
The government, through the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, is therefore asking the Supreme Court to, in the interim, suspend the execution of the Court of Appeal verdict, pending the hearing and determination of its appeal.
