See The Move Kanu Just Made Against Nigerian Govt, Malami

See The Move Kanu Just Made Against Nigerian Govt, Malami

Nnamdi Kanu’s lead counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, has announced the withdrawal of a N20 billion suit filed against the Federal Government and the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami.

Hearings in the case were scheduled to begin on November 18 at the Federal High Court in Abuja before Justice Inyang Ekwo.

However, in a series of tweets on Thursday, Ejimakor announced that it had been canceled due to other cases scheduled around the same time.

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In the tweet titled “UPDATE on #MNK outstanding cases in which I’m directly involved”, the lawyer wrote:

“The United Kingdom case is awaiting  decision. Federal High Court case for Nov 18 is discontinued.

“The AU (African Union) case is awaiting decision.

“United Nations Opinion has been escalated to other tribunals.

“The Kenyan case is set for February 2023, (sad).”

In September, the IPOB leader filed a lawsuit against the FG and Malami, seeking N20 billion in damages for his arrest in Kenya and extradition to Nigeria in July 2021, where he has been held in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) since.

The writ of summons in the suit filed on Kanu’s behalf by Ejimakor had sought, among other things:

“A declaration that the defendant’s arrest and imprisonment at a location in Kenya and his subsequent imprisonment in the aircraft that conveyed him from Kenya to Nigeria amounted to false arrest and false imprisonment.

“An order of the court directing the defendants to, jointly and severally, pay to the plaintiff the sum of N20,000,000,000.00 being general and exemplary damages.”

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