The Department of State Services (DSS) has been instructed by the legal counsel for Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), to respect and abide by the Court of Appeal's decision to release Kanu last Thursday in Abuja.
This information was provided in a letter sent on Monday by Kanu's attorneys to the director-general of the State Security Service and entitled, "Forwarding the judgement rendered in the above captioned appeal on October 13, 2022 by Court of Appeal, Abuja Judicial Division."
The attorneys urged that the IPOB leader be released in accordance with the Court of Appeal's decision, according to a document submitted to the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, and signed by Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Chief Mike Ozekhome.
The document said, “On the strength of this judgment of a superior court of record, we respectfully urge your good office to immediately comply with the judgment of the Court herein attached.
“Order the immediate and unconditional release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, now been illegally held in solitary confinement in State Security facility, at the Abuja headquarters.”
Nigerians have been reacting to the latest court’s ruling on Kanu, asking the federal government to comply but the AGF has said the detained IPOB helmsman still has a case to answer.