…After Appeal Court’s discharged order
The National Security Council, on Friday, clarified the Federal government’s position on the status of the case against leader of proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.
It said Kanu still has a case to answer.
An Appeal Court in Abuja, on Thursday, thrashed the case of terrorism leveled against Kanu.
The court’s verdict was believed to mean Kanu’s release from detention.
However, the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, said Kanu has not been acquitted, arguing that there are other cases against him.
Similarly on Friday, the National Security Council presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari said government is considering the next step to take on the matter in due course, but noted that Kanu has not been acquitted, though discharged of some issues in the cases against him.
Addressing State House Correspondents after the Council meeting, the Minister of Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi, joined by the Minister of Interior Rauf Aregbesola, and the Chief of Defense Staff, General Lucky Irabor, said what would become of the case against Kanu would be decided in the coming days.
“Similarly, the issue of Kanu has also been raised and Council was briefed on the state of things on the matter, and it was observed that Kanu was discharged, but he was not acquitted.
“So, government is considering the appropriate action to be taken on the matter and Nigerians will be notified of the position that will finally be taken on the matter in due course,” Dingyadi said.
He said the Council only discussed the Appeal Court judgment, but noted that solutions to these kinds of matters can be considered as long as they are not subjudice.