FG Slams Fresh Charges Of Treasonable Felony Against Nnamdi Kanu, Others

The Federal Government of Nigeria has slammed a fresh charge of treasonable

felony on Radio Biafra Founder, Nnamdi Kanu.

Kanu who has been in detention was last week freed by an Abuja High Court.

The Federal Government had gone to a Federal High Court in Abuja last Friday to prefer six charges against Kanu, Benjamin Madubugwu and David Nwawuisi. 

In the charge-sheet signed by the Director, Public Prosecution (DPP), Mohammed Saidu Diri, for the Attorney-General of the Federation obtained by Daily Sun, Kanu and the two others were charged with treasonable felony which is punishable under Section 41(C) of the Criminal Code Act, CAP C38 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria.

Giving details, the charge-sheet read in part: “That you, Nnamdi Kanu and other

unknown persons, now at large, at London, United Kingdom, between 2014

and September, 2015 with intention to levy war against Nigeria in order to force

the President to change his measures of being the President of the Federation,

Head of State and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federation as defined in Section 3 of the Constitution of the Federal Re- public of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) by doing an act to wit:Broadcast on Radio Biafra your

preparations for the states in the South-East geo-political zone, South-South geo-political zone, the Igala Community of Kogi State and the Idoma/Igede

Community of Benue State to secede from the Federal Republic of Nigeria and form themselves into a Republic of Biafra, and thereby committed an offence punish- able under Section 41(C) of the Criminal Code Act, CAP C38 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004.”

On count two of the charges, the federal authorities also accused the trio of

managing an unlawful society.

-Daily Post reportage