On Wednesday, Nnamdi Kanu, the Director
of Radio Biafra and Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), all
charges dropped .
After holding that the government had
dropped the charges against Kanu, Magistrate of the Chief Magistrate Court,
Wuse Zone 2, Abuja, Shuaibu Usman, ruled:
“The accused person is hereby
discharged and the case struck out.”
The government
through its agent, the Department of State Services (DSS), had elected 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 DSS has held Kanu for at least 90 days despite an order of the magistrate
court granting him bail in October.