The Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed a fresh date to rule on a “no-case submission” filed by Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
IPOB is a group leading the agitation for an independent state of Biafra which it wants carved out from the South-east and some parts of the South-south Nigeria.
Kanu is facing terrorism charges at the Abuja court.
During the last hearing in July, the court fixed 10 October to decide whether or not to free Kanu from the terrorism charges against him.
The trial judge, James Omotosho, fixed the date for the ruling after listening to lawyers’ arguments in support and against the IPOB leader’s no-case submission which was filed in June.
Aloy Ejimakor, a lawyer to Kanu, announced on Monday that the court has now brought forward from 10 October fixed for the ruling to 26 September.
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