An appeal by one of the lawyers to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, Felix Okonkwo has been dismissed by the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja.
Okonkwo, Ikenna Chibuike and Oķafor Ugochukwu has filled appeal against the judgment of a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in a case they brought against the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and the Department of State Services (DSS) over unlawful arrest and detention.
They accused the two security agencies of violating their fundamental rights by their unlawful arrest and detention on September 27, 2021, during which they claimed that they were tortured, harassed, and intimidated while in the custody of the police.
