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Nnamdi Kanu Submits Fresh Request To Supreme Court On His Trial
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Claims the ruling was based on repealed laws under the old Terrorism Act
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Says he only got full access to his case file in October 2025
The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has approached the Supreme Court, seeking a review of its December 2023 judgment that ordered his retrial.
In a fresh motion filed before the apex court, Kanu requested permission to apply for an order reviewing the ruling in his case marked SC/CR/1361/2022 between him and the Federal Government of Nigeria. He also asked the court to extend the time allowed for filing the review.
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EKO HOT BLOG reports that Kanu, who has been in detention since his rearrest, explained that he only gained full access to his complete case file on October 26, 2025, after deciding to represent himself. According to him, this was the first opportunity he had to personally examine the legal documents related to his case.
In the motion, Kanu argued that the judgment delivered on December 18, 2023, was based on laws that had already been repealed at the time of the ruling. He described this as a “jurisdictional error” that rendered the judgment invalid.
He said, “Upon a meticulous examination of the record, the Applicant discovered, with profound juridical concern, that the judgment of this Honourable Court of December 15, 2023, was predicated upon statutes which, at the material time, had ceased to exist in law.”
Kanu contended that the Supreme Court’s decision overlooked the Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) Act 2022, which replaced the earlier statutes under which he was being tried. He urged the court to correct what he described as “a manifest nullity and violation of constitutional order.”
In a supporting affidavit, Kanu’s younger brother, Prince Emmanuel Kanu, stated that Nnamdi Kanu’s prolonged detention and limited access to legal materials had hindered his ability to act earlier. He confirmed that after obtaining his case file, Kanu discovered that the ruling relied on obsolete laws.
Prince Kanu added that his brother’s motion for review and time extension was filed “promptly and in good faith” once the discovery was made.
The IPOB leader is seeking the Supreme Court’s permission to file a fresh motion that could lead to the setting aside of the 2023 judgment and halt his retrial.
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