Paul Ananaba, a senior advocate in Nigeria, stated on Friday that the Supreme Court had the authority to release Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB).
The Federal Government filed an appeal following an appeal court’s dismissal of Kanu’s accusations, and the Supreme Court ultimately decided to proceed with a trial.
Ananaba stated during her appearance on Channels Television that the people were waiting for Kanu’s release and that the Supreme Court should have the power to provide it.
Ananaba stated, “I believe the Supreme Court had all the inherent powers to take any decision in the best interest of the country.
“My expectations would have been that, having found out that the way the arrest was done wasn’t approved by the Supreme Court, having found that the invasion of Kanu’s residence and all that wasn’t acceptable, I had expected that Nnamdi Kanu should stand his trial, but the Supreme Court also had the right and the powers to have granted him bail on some certain conditions.
“When the Supreme Court had found that that bail was wrongly revoked, I believe the Supreme Court would have made a consequential order in that order that ‘that bail be restored’.
“I believe the Supreme Court would have made a consequential order in that order that ‘that bail be restored’ when the Supreme Court had found that that bail was wrongly revoked.”