President Muhammdu Buhari’s led government has refused to release the Indegenous People Of Biara (IPOB) Leader, Nnamdi Kanu, despite the court’s ruling.
Recall that the Appeal Court had discharged and acquitted Kanu of all terrorism charges against him.
Be that as it may, the Federal Government has said it cannot obey the court ruling ordering the release of Kanu.
The government told the Appeal Court in Abuja that Kanu posed a flight risk and was a threat to national security.
Assistant State Counsel in the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), David Kaswe, said; “It is important to appreciate the gamut of depositions in our application. The Respondent is a flight risk person and one of the grounds of our application is that this matter touches on national security of the State.”
“Once there is a threat to national security, human rights of any individual can be suspended until such threat is taken care of.”
“The defendant has shown that he has the capacity to jump bail or to escape from lawful custody.”
“There is reasonable intelligence that the enforcement of judgement of this court, pending determination of our appeal at the Supreme Court, may impact negatively on the declining security in the South East.”
