Court dismisses the high court’s jurisdiction after clearing Nnamdi Kanu of all terrorism-related charges.

Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has been cleared of all terrorism-related charges by the Appeal Court in Abuja.

Kanu is being tried by the federal government in Abuja’s Federal High Court on 15 counts of treasonable felony and terrorism-related offenses, which he is accused of committing during his separatist operations.

He went to the court of appeal to have the accusations dropped. The Federal High Court lacks the jurisdiction to trial him, according to a three-member bench of the Court of Appeal, given his kidnapping and extraordinary rendition to Nigeria in flagrant violation of the OAU treaty and protocol on extradition.

The court ruled that Kanu was wrongfully extradited to Nigeria in clear breach of international treaties because the 15-count charge against him did not specify the location, date, time, or nature of the alleged offenses.