Nnamdi Kanu
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, cleared for
commencement a suit seeking an order of mandamus to compel the police
and the Department of State Security Service to prosecute certain
individuals for allegedly aiding the escape of the leader of the
Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, from Nigeria, a report by
Punch has revealed.
In his ruling on the matter, Justice John Tsoho, granted an ex
parte application granting leave to the plaintiff, Mr. Isiah Ayugu, to
commence the suit.
He ordered the suit to be served on the defendants – the DSS, its
Director-General, the police and the Inspector-General of Police.
He fixed November 22 for the hearing of the suit.
Those the suit is seeking their arrest and prosecution included a former Minister of Aviation, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode.
They also include those who stood sureties for the bail granted
Kanu by the Federal High Court in Abuja in April last year – Senator
Eyinnaya Abaribe, Tochukwu Uchendu, and Emmanuel Shallom Ben.