{"id":74953,"date":"2022-10-25T09:27:43","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T08:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/hes-threat-to-national-security-buhari-govt-on-why-nnamdi-kanu-cant-be-released"},"modified":"2022-10-25T10:38:58","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T09:38:58","slug":"hes-threat-to-national-security-buhari-govt-on-why-nnamdi-kanu-cant-be-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/hes-threat-to-national-security-buhari-govt-on-why-nnamdi-kanu-cant-be-released","title":{"rendered":"He\u2019s threat to national security \u2013 Buhari govt on why Nnamdi Kanu can\u2019t be released"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Federal Government has explained why it can\u2019t obey the court ruling ordering the release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu.<\/p>\n

The government told the Appeal Court in Abuja that Kanu posed a flight risk and was a threat to national security.<\/p>\n

An Assistant State Counsel in the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation, David Kaswe, informed the court that the case against Kanu bordered on national security.<\/p>\n

He argued that the fundamental rights of the IPOB leader should be suspended due to national interest.<\/p>\n

Kaswe said: \u201cIt 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.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce there is a threat to national security, human rights of any individual can be suspended until such threat is taken care of.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kaswe also informed the court that releasing Kanu would worsen the security situation in the South East.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe defendant has shown that he has the capacity to jump bail or to escape from lawful custody.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere 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,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

A few weeks ago, the Appeal Court had discharged and acquitted Kanu of all terrorism charges.<\/p>\n

Despite the court\u2019s ruling, the Federal Government has refused to release the IPOB leader.<\/p>\n

The AGF, Abubakar Malami, had hinted that more charges would be levelled against Kanu; hence he can\u2019t be released.<\/p>\n

Kanu has been locked up by the Department of State Services, DSS, since June 2021.<\/p>\n

He was arrested in Kenya and subjected to extraordinary rendition.<\/p>\n

Upon his return, the Federal Government arraigned him on charges boarding on terrorism.<\/p>\n

The IPOB leader was first arrested in 2017 due to his agitation for the actualization of Biafra.<\/p>\n

Justice Binta Nyako of an Abuja Federal High Court had granted him bail.<\/p>\n

Shortly after Kanu was released, he fled the country to Europe where he continued his Biafra agitation.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. The Federal Government has explained why it can\u2019t obey the court ruling ordering the release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu. The government told the Appeal Court in Abuja that Kanu posed a flight risk and was a threat to national security. 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