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Nnamdi Kanu Seeks Dismissal of All Charges, Calls for Immediate Release

Wale busari03 mins

The detained IPOB leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has filed a fresh motion at the Federal High Court in Abuja, requesting the dismissal of all charges against him and his immediate release. Dated October 30, 2025, and titled “Motion on Notice and Written Address in Support,” Kanu argued that the current charges have no legal foundation, describing them as “a nullity ab initio for want of any extant legal foundation.” Representing himself, Kanu cited Sections 1(3), 6(6)(b), and 36(12) of the 1999 Constitution, the Evidence Act 2011, and the Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) Act 2022 to support his application. He contended that the prosecution relies on repealed or non-existent laws, such as the Customs and Excise Management Act (CEMA), repealed by the Nigeria Customs Service Act 2023, and the Terrorism Prevention (Amendment) Act 2013, repealed by the TPPA 2022. According to Kanu, using these outdated laws violates Section 36(12) of the Constitution, which bars trials for offences not defined under current law. Kanu also argued that the alleged offences were committed in Kenya, citing Section 76(1)(d)(iii) of the TPPA 2022, which requires validation by a Kenyan court for acts committed abroad. He said the lack of such validation invalidates the court’s extraterritorial jurisdiction and breaches Article 7(2) of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights. Citing precedents including FRN v. Kanu (SC/CR/1361/2022), Aoko v. Fagbemi (1961) 1 All NLR 400, and FRN v. Ifegwu (2003) 15 NWLR (Pt 842) 113, Kanu maintained that any law or judicial act inconsistent with the Constitution is void, and lower courts must take judicial notice of repealed laws. He urged the court to direct the prosecution to respond strictly on points of law within three days and requested a ruling on or before November 4, 2025. Kanu emphasized that his motion raises only constitutional and legal questions, making an affidavit unnecessary.

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Money laundering charges against Bobrisky were dropped lawfully –  EFCC

Fola Badmus05 mins

A Prosecutor with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC  Bilikisu Bala on Monday, September 30, 2024, told a Joint Committee of the House of Representatives investigating allegations of corruption against some officers of the Commission, and the Nigeria Correctional Service that charges of money laundering dropped in the trial of Idris Okuneye (a.k.a Bobrisky) were lawful and in compliance with the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, ACJA. Bala, head of the prosecution team that handled the trial of Okuneye pointed out to the Committee that the charges were dropped based on the disclosure of the Special Control Unit against Money Laundering, SCUML, that Okunenye’s firm, Bob Express, was not a Designated Non Financial Institution, Business and Profession, DNFIBP, and could not be prosecuted for flouting provisions of the Money Laundering Prevention & Prohibition Act, 2022. “We initially raised six count charges bordering on Naira Abuse and Money Laundering against Okuneye based on his confessional statement that his firm, Bob Express, was not registered with SCUML and was not rendering returns to it. Counts 1-4 were on Naira Abuse while counts five and six were on money laundering. Okuneye’s confession that he didn’t register his firm, Bob Express with SCUML and not rendering returns to it informed the money laundering charges initially included in the six count charges.  However, when we wrote to SCUML on the status of the firm,  the Unit responded that it was not a Designated Non-Financial Institution, Business and Profession, DNFIBP.  We cannot lawfully sustain the charges in all sincerity. We, therefore dropped them and relied on the four counts on Naira mutilation to which Okuneye had pleaded guilty”, she said. The prosecutor dismissed claims of financial inducement in dropping charges maintaining that no such thing happened. “There is simply no basis for that. The Administration of Criminal Justice Act, ACJA, allows amendment of charges. It is a professional practice. It is laughable for anyone to attribute our decision to monetary issues. Why did we write to SCUML if we didn’t want to include the charges? We wrote to be lawfully guided and when the Unit responded that the firm had not breached any law,  on what basis should we have retained the money laundering charges?”, she said. Bala, who appeared before the Committee with top management staff of the EFCC, charged the Committee to critically look into all the issues raised against the EFCC and make public its findings  in the interest of justice. Chief of Staff to the EFCC’s Chairman, Commander of the EFCC, CE Michael Nzekwe who stood for the Chairman, Ola Olukoyede restated the seriousness the Commission attached to integrity of its staff. “We viewed the allegation of bribery against our officers seriously. Integrity is one of our core values. This is why we are here to place all the facts involved in the trial of Okuneye in the public domain”, he said. Okuneye, an ex-convict, had alleged in a viral video that he offered N15,000,000 (Fifteen Million Naira) as a bribe to some unnamed EFCC officers to drop money laundering charges against him.

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