THE NATIONAL Judicial Council (NJC) has disclaimed media reports of the release of remanded leader of proscribed the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.
A press release by Kemi Babalola Ogedengbe, Esq., NJC’s Deputy Director, Information, said the media report [not National Record] is false and figment of imagination of the writer.
The release, dated March 19, 2025, reads:
“The attention of the National Judicial Council (NJC) has been drawn to media reports that the Hon. Chief Justice of Nigeria and Chairman of the Council, Hon. Justice Kudirat Motonmori Olatokunbo Kekere-Ekun, GCON, has ordered release of the detained Nnamdi Kanu and repatriate him to Kenya.
“The Council wishes to state that the media report is false and figment of imagination of the writer, as there are no Court proceedings, decision or judgment where such statements ascribed to His Lordship was made.
“The Council categorically emphasizes that the Hon CJN neither preside over any Case of Kanu at the Apex Court, where jurisdiction issue was argued, nor make any such pronouncement.
“His Lordship, the Hon CJN never wrote any formal letter to the Kenya Government or Kenya High Commission apologising on the issue of arrest of Nnamdi Kanu and trial.
“The Council urges members of the public to disregard the fake story.”
