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Nnamdi Kanu Files Contempt Charge Against DSS DG

POSTED ON June 11, 2024 •   Metro      BY Benedicta Bassey •   VIEWS 82
The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu in court/ Photo credit: Guardian

The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has filed a contempt charge against the Director General, Department of State Services (DSS), Yusuf Bichi, following his alleged disobedient to court orders.

Kanu filed the charge through his lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, titled: 'Notice to Show Cause Why An Order Of Committal Should Not Be Made', at the Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja.

The application, marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/383/2015, was filed on June 10.

NAN reports that while the Federal Republic of Nigeria is listed as complainant/1st respondent, Yusuf Magaji Bichi is listed as 2nd respondent/contemnor.

The IPOB leader alleged that despite being served with the orders of the trial judge, Justice Binta Nyako, of a FHC in Abuja, made on May 20, Bichi had refused to comply with the said orders.

Recall that Justice Nyako had, on May 20, declined to grant an application filed by Kanu to set aside his 2017 bail revocation following the allegation that he jumped bail.

The judge also refused to transfer him to Kuje Correctional Centre or place him under house arrest as requested.

However, Justice Nyako reviewed the conditions for visiting the IPOB leader at the DSS facility by his lawyers.

In a ruling, she varied the visitation days from two to three days in a week.

The judge ordered that Kanu should be given a safe and “clean” room to prepare for his defence with his team of counsel not exceeding five in number, instead of the three lawyers that were formerly directed.

She equally ordered that Kanu and his lawyers should be allowed such a facility that is required for the preparation of his defence and be allowed to take notes.

However, in the application, Kanu alleged that the DSS DG had failed to abide by the orders.

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