The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing in the suit filed by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, until September 14.
Last November, the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court adjourned indefinitely the suit filed by President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime against the IPOB leader.
Justice Binta Nyako, in a short ruling, adjourned the matter sine die (indefinitely) to await the decision of the Supreme Court.
The development followed an oral application by Mr Kanu’s counsel, Mike Ozekhome, who prayed the court to adjourn the matter indefinitely pending the hearing and determination of the appeal filed by the regime at the Supreme Court.
Mr Ozekhome, who expressed surprise at the development, said Mr Kanu had always told him about his eagerness to appear in court following the appeal by the prosecution against the judgment of the Court of Appeal, which dismissed the remaining seven counts preferred against him.