Buhari's Govt. File New Charges Including Treason Against Pro-Biafra Leader Nnamdi Kanu

Barely a week after Justice Adeniyi Ademola ordered the unconditional release of Nnamdi Kanu as there were no pending charges against him about two months after his detention in October, the Federal Government filed new charges that included treason against founder of Radio Biafra and leader of the Independent People of Briafra IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu at the Federal High Court Abuja before Justice Ahmed Mohammed. Full post after cut................

Nnamdi was remained in custody after the court ruling, and DSS decided to file new charges against him. The new charges are to be presented today in court today. It reads:

“That you, Nnamdi Kanu and other unknown persons, now at large, at 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 Re- public 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.”