Court Of Appeal Throws Out Nnamdi Kanu’s Appeal

By Suleiman Anyalewechi

It was yet another judicial loss on Friday November 28, 2028, for convicted leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, as the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, dismissed his appeal seeking to enforce his fundamental human rights .

The IPOB leader had filed the suit claiming alleged violation of his fundamental human rights while in the custody of the Department of State Service, DSS.

Kanu had claimed among other things the breach of his rights to human dignity, access to quality health care, and freedom of religion.

However, the three-man panel of the Court of Appeal headed by the Honourable Justice Boloukuromo Moses Ugo, ruled that the matter has been over taken by events.

The Appellate Court held that the suit has become a mere academic exercise in the face of Kanu’s conviction and sentencing on terrorism charges.

The Source reports that Kanu was on Thursday, November, 20, 2025, convicted and sentenced on all seven count charges bordering on terrorism and other related Offences preferred against him by the Federal Government of Nigeria in the Court of the  Honourable Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court.

He was sentenced to life in jail, and is currently serving his term at the Sokoto custodial centre from where he attended today’s appeal court session.

The IPOB leader had filed the appeal against the verdict of an Abuja Federal High Court presided over by Justice Taiwo Taiwo which  struck out his suit seeking the enforcement of his fundamental human rights.

Justice Taiwo had on July 3, 2025, dismissed the IPOB leaders suit on the grounds that he could not reasonably  substantiate his claims against the DSS

Kanu had stridently complained that the medical facilities and processes placed at his disposal by the DSS were inadequate and not  efficient enough to handle his complicated  health condition.

But the DSS and, indeed, the Federal Government were not persuaded by Kanu’s protestations and demands.

The Appellate Court held that since Kanu is now in the custody of the Sokoto Correctional Centre, a development, also, confirmed by his legal Counsel, Maxwell Opara, it is no longer feasible to grant his request to be taken out of the DSS facility,which was one the reliefs  sought

Justice Ugo, in the lead judgment, held that Kanu  having been convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment, the court can no longer grant his request to be transferred to a prison facility since he is already in Sokoto Correctional Centre.