The Federal Government has ruled out any hope of releasing the leader of proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, even after the Appeal Court discharged him and threw out all terrorism charges against him in a ruling on October 13.
In a fresh affidavit filed on Monday before the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, the Federal Government maintained that Kanu was a threat to national security and as such, could not be released from the custody of the Directorate of State Services (DSS) where he has been detained since he was arrested in Kenya and extradited to Nigeria last year.
The government argued, that releasing Kanu may impact negatively on the declining security in the South East part of the country.
The affidavit which was attached in support of an application seeking to stay the execution of the Appeal Court dismissal of the 15-count terrorism charges preferred against the IPOB leader, also reiterated the government’s earlier position that Kanu was a…
