Nnamdi Kanu floors FG in ECOWAS Court

News Express |7th Mar 2017 | 3,019

The ECOWAS court

The ECOWAS court sitting in Abuja has dismissed an application filed by the Federal Government seeking to quash a suit filed by the self-styled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mr Nnamdi Kanu.

The suit by the IPOB leader is seeking his unconditional release and 800 million U.S dollars in damages.

The Federal Government in its application had asked the court to dismiss the case because it is a subject matter before the Federal High Court and the Appeal court and as such, it constitutes an abuse of court process.

Presiding judge, Justice Micah Wright-Williams, in his ruling, however dismissed the application for lacking in merit, because according to him, the ECOWAS Court has the jurisdiction to hear cases of infringement of human rights. (Channels TV)

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