Following the looks of the Supreme Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu in court docket right this moment, nineteenth January, the presiding decide has declared his arrest unlawful and has ordered the Federal authorities to pay him a sum of 1 billion naira as compensation.
Justice Benson Anya of the Abia State High Court pronounced the aggressive invasion of Nnamdi Kanu’s home in 2017 as illegal and an infringement on his human rights.
Kanu had initially approached the Court whereas requesting a sum of N5 billion due to the invasion of his father’s home by the navy on September 10, 2017.
In addition, the presiding decide whereas giving out his verdict right this moment dominated that Kanu’s arrest and forceful repatriation to Nigeria in June 2021 was “illegal” beneath native and worldwide legal guidelines.
The decide additionally ordered the Federal government to pay Kanu the sum of N1billion as compensation for the violation of his basic human rights.
The court docket additionally advisable a political resolution to the agitation for the restoration of the defunct Biafra Republic; a course pushed by the IPOB.
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