Reactions have trailed the hearing of the appeal filed by Mazi Nnamdi Kanu over his continued detention in the custody of the Department of the State Services despite his discharge and acquittal by Nigeria’s Court of Appeal last October. Kanu is the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.
Recall that the Court of Appeal had ruled that the manner Kanu was arrested and brought to Nigeria by the combined security agencies of Nigeria and Kenya amounted to extraordinary rendition, and a violation of international laws. The court ordered the restitution of Kanu in its judgement.
