Again, Kanu defeats FG in Court, to be paid N500 million compensation

The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu on Wednesday defeated the Federal High Court in Umuahia, Abia State.

The presiding judge, Justice Evelyn Anyadike, ruled that the detained IPOB leader’s fundamental human right has been violated by the Federal government of Nigeria by the ‘extra ordinary rendition’

Justice Anyadike further ruled that the embattled leader be paid the sum of N500 million for damages, adding seven prayers sought from the court by Kanu’s Counsels be granted, including restoring Kanu to his state of being as of 19th June 2021 and halting his prosecution.

Kenya, the country where Kanu was arrested in June 2021, had declined to say if it played a role in the IPOB leader’s return to Nigeria.

Since Kanu’s trials began in Abuja and Abia, IPOB has ordered residents of the southeast to “sit-at-home”, a form of civil disobedience to show solidarity with Kanu.

The IPOB campaign has crippled small businesses and routinely disrupted other economic activity in the five states of the region.