The Court of Appeal in Abuja has dismissed an appeal filed by the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, in which he alleged violations of his fundamental rights by the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Attorney-General of the Federation.
A three-member panel of the court ruled on Friday that the appeal had no merit and had become purely academic following Kanu’s conviction and life imprisonment sentence delivered by the Federal High Court in Abuja on November 20.
In the lead judgment, Justice Boloukuromo Ugo held that the issues raised in the suit — including claims of denial of medical care, dignity of person and freedom of religion — could no longer be considered since Kanu is now in a correctional facility and no longer in the custody of the DSS.
