Magistrate of the Chief Magistrate Court, Wuse Zone 2, Abuja, Shuaibu Usman, on Wednesday ordered the release of the Director of Radio Biafra and Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu after the Department of State Services dropped its charges against him.
Kanu was arraigned on all counts of criminal conspiracy, terrorism and ownership of an unlawful society after his arrest in Lagos, on Saturday, October 17.
The judge in his ruling said, “the accused person is hereby discharged and the case struck out.”
The government through its agent, the Department of State Services
The DSS had chose to withdraw the case at the lower court for a higher court, which has jurisdiction to entertain charges bordering on terrorism, to take over.
The Radio Biafra Director has been in the custody of the DSS for at least 90 days despite an order of the magistrate court granting him bail in October.
After the lower court granted him bail, the DSS got an order of the Federal High Court, Abuja, to keep the leader of IPOB in detention.
However, his lawyer, Vincent Obetta, filed a counter application, seeking bail for the accused person.
Meanwhile, Justice of the Federal High Court, Abuja, Adeniyi Ademola, is expected to rule on the bail application on Thursday.
There have been series of protest instigated by members of the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB) and Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) cutting across through the South East and some parts of the South-South in their demand of the realease of Nnamdi Kanu.