The Appeal Court has scheduled Tuesday, September 13 for the hearing of the appeal filed by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, against the Federal Government.
The new date was disclosed by Kanu’s lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor.
Kanu would therefore challenge the remaining seven count charges filed against him by the Nigerian government.
Justice Binta Nyako of an Abuja Federal High Court had on April 8, struck out eight out of the 15-count treasonable felony charge the Federal Government preferred against Kanu.
Following the ruling, Kanu headed to the Appeal Court to challenge the remaining charges.
The court had fixed October 11, 2022, for the hearing of the appeal, but, suspended and fixed Tuesday for the hearing of the appeal.
The statement reads in part;
“Our Appeal No: CA/ABJ/CR/ 625/2022; between Nnamdi Kanu vs the Federal Republic of Nigeria, earlier scheduled for Hearing on the 11th Day of October 2022, has been brought forward to the 13th day of September, 2022.
“Your relentless prayers and supplications are positively impacting.
“It, therefore, means that hearing on Onyendu’s Appeal challenging the remaining Seven count Charge filed against him, will now be coming up for Hearing at the Court of Appeal Abuja, next Tuesday, being the 13th Day of September 2022,” a statement by Ejiofor reads.
The IPOB leader is appearing in court over his agitation for the actualization of Biafra.
He was hence arrested and repatriated to Nigeria from Kenya sometime last year.
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