As South-Easterners and the members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, are celebrating the ruling of the Appeal Court in the Nnamdi Kanu case.
The Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, Abubakar Malami, SAN, has swiftly reacted that the embattled leader of IPOB, was only discharged but not acquitted by the Appeal Court.
The AGF, hinted that Kanu still has case to answer on other allegations levelled against him which are still pending in court.
Recall that an Appeal Court sitting in Abuja, ruled on Thursday declaring that the manner by which the IPOB leader was brought into the country from Kenya was illegal.
Malami made the clarification through a statement by his Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Dr. Umar Jibrilu Gwandu.
The statement reads, “The Office of the Attorney-General of the Federations and Minister of Justice has received the news of the decision of the Court of Appeal concerning the trial of Nnamdi Kanu.
” For the avoidance of doubt and by the verdict of the court, Kanu was only discharged and not acquitted.
” Consequently, the appropriate legal options before the authorities will be exploited and communicated accordingly to the public.
“The decision handed down by the Court of Appeal was on a single issue that borders on rendition.
“Let it be made clear to the general public that other issues that predates rendition on the basis of which Kanu jumped bail remain valid issues for judicial determination,” the AGF stated.
“The Federal Government will consider all available options open to us on the judgment on rendition while pursuing determination of pre-rendition issues.”
