Nigerian high court reinstates terrorism charges against popular separatist leader
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The Nigerian Supreme Court on Friday reinstated terrorism charges against Indigenous People of Biafra leader Nnamdi Kanu, overturning a lower court's decision.
In announcing the decision, Justice Garba Mohammed said that although Nigeria’s secret police violated Kanu’s rights during his arrest and extradition from Kenya in 2021, the Court of Appeal was wrong to rule in October last year that the violation was grounds for the dismissal of the charges.
"No legislation in the country stripped the trial court of the jurisdiction to go ahead with Kanu’s case, despite the illegal action," of the secret police, the justice said. The trial of the separatist leader, who also holds British citizenship, is expected to resume next year.
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