Niger Delta activist, Asari Dokubo, has faulted Thursday’s judgement of the Court of Appeal which discharged Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
In a Facebook Live late on Friday, monitored by POLITICS NIGERIA, Dokubo said the Appeal Court lacks the “right” to “confiscate the original jurisdiction of court of first instance”.
Kanu, who was arrested in Kenya in June 2021, was accused of various offences, including treasonable felony and terrorism, offences he allegedly committed in the course of his separatist campaigns, largely from the Diaspora.
“Anybody who has primary knowledge of law will know that the Appeal Court judgement is total Kangaroo court proceeding and it cannot stand the test of time anywhere in the world. And it has brought Nigerian judiciary into ridicule,” Dokubo said.
“Can the court give what was not in front of her? Can the Appeal Court confiscate original jurisdiction of court of first instance? These are primary procedural laws that anybody who has knowledge of law would know. I read law for five years.
“What the Appeal Court ought to have done is refer the case to the court of first instance. You cannot take the jurisdiction of the court of first instance.
“Nnamdi Kanu is a terrorist who was lawfully captured and brought back to Nigeria. He is responsible for the killing of many Nigerians.”
Dokubo accused the judges of “making themselves so cheap” and keying into the political solution request by Igbo leaders for Kanu.
Docubois a very big fool looking for attentions.
He has been a deserster all his life and would never give anythig positive.
His contributions to me is inconsequential as he is not a being to recorn with.