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Sowore Confirmed as AAC National Chairman in Landmark Court Decision!
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Sowore Confirmed as AAC National Chairman in Landmark Court Decision!

The Appeals Court assembled in Abuja has affirmed the publisher of SaharaReporter, Omoyele Sowore, as the National Leader of the African Action Congress (AAC). Sowore had, in an appeal numbered CA/A/812/2019, challenged a High Court decision delivered by Justice Inyang Ekwo, which designated one Leonard Nzenwa as the Acting Leader of the party. The AAC presidential aspirant also urged the court through his lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, to invalidate the judgment of the lower court and grant all the demands put forth by the appellant. Justice A.J Adah, in his decision on Thursday, ruled that the lower court did not possess the jurisdiction to meddle in the internal affairs of the party. The judge further rejected the case initiated by Nzenwa, which was the basis upon which the Indepe...
Breaking: Court discharges and acquits Nnamdi Kanu
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Breaking: Court discharges and acquits Nnamdi Kanu

The imprisoned chief of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has been released and exonerated of the seven-count accusation against him by the Federal Government. The triad panel of the Court of Appeal in Abuja, presided over by Justice Jummai Hanatu, stated it was convinced that the Federal Government openly transgressed the law when it forcibly extradited Kanu from Kenya to the nation for the resumption of his trial. In its ruling on Thursday, the court determined that such extraordinary rendition, without compliance with proper legal procedures, constituted a significant breach of all international treaties, protocols, and guidelines that Nigeria subscribes to, in addition to a violation of the Appellant’s essential human rights. As per the court, the Federal G...