NJC Denies Involvement in Nnamdi Kanu’s Case; Dismisses Reports of Release and Repatriation

• NJC characterized the reports as fabrications and clarified that the council has no direct involvement in Kanu’s legal proceedings.
• NJC Denies Involvement in Nnamdi Kanu’s Case; Dismisses Reports of Release and Repatriation
• Furthermore, the CJN has not written any formal letter to the Kenyan Government or High Commission regarding the matter.

The National Judicial Council (NJC) has categorically denied claims suggesting that the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, instructed the immediate release and repatriation of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), to Kenya.

In a statement released on Thursday, the NJC characterized the reports as fabrications and clarified that the council has no direct involvement in Kanu’s legal proceedings.

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Furthermore, the CJN has not written any formal letter to the Kenyan Government or High Commission regarding the matter.

The statement reads: “The Council wishes to state that the media report is false and figment of imagination of the writer, as there are no Court proceedings, decision or judgment where such statements ascribed to His Lordship was made.

“The Council categorically emphasizes that the Hon CJN neither preside over any Case of Kanu at the Apex Court, where jurisdiction issue was argued nor makes any such pronouncement.

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“His Lordship, the Hon CJN never wrote any formal letter to the Kenya Government or Kenya High Commission apologising on the issue of arrest of Nnamdi Kanu and trial.”

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