Nnamdi Kanu defeats Buhari’s govt in court

<p><strong>The Nigerian Government on Wednesday lost its bid to transfer the suit of the extraordinary rendition of Nnamdi Kanu&comma; leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra&comma; IPOB&comma; from Umuahia to Abuja&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Federal High Court in Umuahia&comma; Abia State&comma; insisted that it has the jurisdiction to hear and determine the suit&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This was disclosed by Kanu’s Special Counsel&comma; Aloy Ejimakor&comma; in a tweet stressing that the matter was still ongoing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He wrote&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Breaking&colon; Federal High Court&comma; Umuahia denies the Federal Government’s application to transfer the &OpenCurlyQuote;extraordinary rendition’ suit to Abuja&comma; and rules that Umuahia has the jurisdiction to hear and determine the suit”&period; Reading of the rest of the judgment continues&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Special Counsel was challenging Kanu’s abduction and extraordinary rendition from Kenya&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He is&comma; among other things&comma; praying the court to order his return to Kenya&comma; where he was abducted or UK&comma; his country of abode&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;