The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, cleared for commencement a
suit seeking an order of mandamus to compel the police and the
Department of State Security Service to prosecute certain individuals
for allegedly aiding the escape of the leader of the Indigenous People
of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, from Nigeria.
Justice John Tsoho, in a
ruling on an ex parte application, granted leave to the plaintiff, Mr.
Isiah Ayugu, to commence the suit.
He ordered the suit to be
served on the defendants – the DSS, its Director-General, the police and
the Inspector-General of Police.
He fixed November 22 for the hearing of the suit.
Those the suit is seeking their arrest and prosecution included a former Minister of Aviation, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode.
They
also include those who stood sureties for the bail granted Kanu by the
Federal High Court in Abuja in April last year – Senator Eyinnaya
Abaribe, Tochukwu Uchendu, and Emmanuel Shallom Ben.
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