The Abia State High Court has fixed November 2 for the
hearing of fundamental rights suit filed by leader of the proscribed Indigenous
People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, made this known in a
press statement titled, ‘Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s Fundamental Rights suit to be heard
on 2nd November, 2021’, on Thursday.
The lawyer had, on August 27, 2021, filed the case,
demanding that the Federal Government return the secessionist to Kenya where he
was “abducted” from.
He also demanded N5 billion from the government over alleged
gross violation of Kanu’s fundamental rights.
At the last hearing of this matter on September 21, 2021,
the vacation judge had made a ruling transferring the case to the Chief Judge
of Abia State High Court for assignment.
The statement read, “For the information of the general
public, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s Fundamental Rights suit pending before the High
Court of Abia State has been assigned and set down for hearing on 2nd November,
2021.
“On this date, the Nigerian government and its
Attorney-General will be expected to move their extant application for
extension of time to file their defense to the suit and my opposition to the
application.
“It is my intention to, on the spot, move for a Ruling on
their application for extension of time, so that the case can proceed quickly
to the next level, which is expected to be a definitive hearing on the
substantive matter.
“Fundamental Rights suits are intended to be concluded
quickly, especially in situations such as this where my Client, Mazi Nnamdi
Kanu (the Applicant) is currently incarcerated.”
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