On Thursday, the Supreme Court granted the Federal Government permission to file nine new grounds in its appeal against Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.
A five-member Supreme Court panel led by Justice John Okoro granted the Federal Government’s appeal against the Court of Appeal’s decision to discharge and acquit Kanu.
The court granted the permission while ruling on a motion for leave filed by the Nigerian government’s counsel, Tijani Gazali.
The panel led by Justice Okoro also granted the Federal Government permission to include the additional nine grounds in its amended notice of appeal dated October 28, 2022.
Kanu’s lawyer, Mike Ozekhome, informed the court about a couple of motions filed by his client, including one in which he is requesting to be relocated to Kuje prison from a DSS facility.
Ozekhome claimed Kanu was seriously ill and required proper medical attention, which, he believed, his client could access at the Kuje prison.
After the hearing, the apex court adjourned the matter till May 11.