The Radio Biafra boss, who was discharged by the court some days ago, has been charged again alongside two others, Benjamin Madubugwu and David Nwawuisi, before the Federal High Court Abuja.
Federal Government of Nigeria has slammed fresh six-count charges of treason managing the affairs of ‘an unlawful society’, against Mr. Nnamdi Kanu , leader of Indigenous People of Biafra.
In the fresh charge, the three of them were accused of committing treasonable felony, an offence punishable under Section 41(C) of the Criminal Code Act, CAP C38 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria. The charge read thus:
“ That you, Nnamdi Kanu and other unknown persons, now at large, in London, United Kingdom, between 2014 and September, 2015, with intention to levy war against Nigeria in order to force the President to change his measures of being the President of the Federation, Head of State and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federation as defined in Section 3 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) by doing an act to wit: Broadcast on Radio Biafra your preparations for the states in the South- East geo-political zone, South-South geo-political zone, the Igala Community of Kogi State and the Idoma/Igede Community of Benue State to secede from the Federal Republic of Nigeria and form themselves into a Republic of Biafra, and thereby committed an offence punish- able under Section 41(C) of the Criminal Code Act, CAP C38 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004 .”
On December 17, a Federal High court in Abuja presided over by Justice Ademola Adeniyi ordered the “unconditional” release of Nnamdi Kalu form the custody of the Department of State Service, DSS.
In a related development, Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, and Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB who vociferously demanded the release of Nnamdi Kanu, have accused the Anambra State Governor Willie Obiano of conspiring with security operatives to kill their members.
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