(FILES) In this file photo taken on May 26, 2017 Political activist and leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) movement, Nnamdi Kanu, wears a Jewish prayer shawl as he leave his house in Umuahia, southeast Nigeria, to meet veterans of the Nigerian civil war, whose 50th anniversary will be commemorated on May 30. - A Nigerian separatist leader, Nnamdi Kanu, whose whereabouts were unknown, has been arrested to face trial, the country's justice minister said on June 29, 2021. (Photo by MARCO LONGARI / AFP)
The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, says the offence of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu is a difficult one, stressing that only the court is competent to determine the charge.
Fagbemi said this while responding to questions at the Sectoral Ministerial Briefing on the first anniversary of the President Bola Tinubu administration on Friday in Abuja.
He said that since the matter was already in court, it should be left to the law to have its way.
The AGF pointed out that there was a remarkable difference between Kanu’s case and that of the convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore.
He said, “Sowore and Kanu are not the same, when it comes to the first one, I didn’t have difficulty to say go, but I have difficulty with the second one”.
While pointing out that Kanu is being held in accordance with the Constitution, he observed that, “the matter is still in court, let’s wait for the court”.
It will be recalled that Sowore was arrested in 2019 and prosecuted for allegedly calling for the forceful takeover of the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari.
However, the federal government through the office of the AGF in February this year filed a notice of discontinuation of the case. (NAN)
