{"id":100275,"date":"2022-10-14T08:31:32","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T07:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=100275"},"modified":"2022-10-14T08:31:32","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T07:31:32","slug":"nnamdi-kanu-only-discharged-not-acquitted-malami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/nnamdi-kanu-only-discharged-not-acquitted-malami\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Nnamdi Kanu only discharged, not acquitted&#8221; &#8211; Malami"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, on Thursday reacted to the decision of the Appeal Court to discharge leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In a statement signed by spokesperson, Dr. Umar Jibril Gwandu, Mr Malami said the appeal court only discharged Kanu and did not acquit him.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThe Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice has received the news of the decision of the Court of Appeal concerning the trial of Nnamdi Kanu,\u201d the statement said. \u201cFor the avoidance of doubt and by the verdict of the Court, Kanu was only discharged and not acquitted.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cConsequently, the appropriate legal options before the authorities will be exploited and communicated accordingly to the public.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThe decision handed down by the court of appeal was on a single issues that borders on rendition.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cLet it be made clear to the general public that other issues that predates rendition on the basis of which Kanu jumped bail remain valid issues for judicial determination.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThe Federal Government will consider all available options open to us on the judgment on rendition while pursuing determination of pre-rendition issues.\u201d<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, on Thursday reacted to the decision of the Appeal Court to discharge leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":100276,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-100275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&quot;Nnamdi Kanu only discharged, not acquitted&quot; 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