By Moses Okorie
Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu still have a long walk to freedom as the Supreme Court, Friday, ruled against his release.
The Supreme Court ordered the continuation of the trial of Kanu on terrorism charges level against him by the Federal Government under former President Muhammadu Buhari.
The case which started in 2015 had been put on hold at the Federal High Court in Abuja after the Court of Appeal dismissed the charges in a judgement delivered in October 2022.
The Court of Appeal in Abuja had anchored its decision dismissing the charges on the illegality of the “extraordinary rendition” of Mr Kanu from Kenya to Nigeria in June 2021 to continue his trial.
A five-member panel of the Supreme Court led by Kudirat Kekere-Ekun declared on Friday that Mr Kanu’s forcible repatriation from Kenya to Nigeria is illegal.