FG levels fresh charges of treasonable felony against Nnamdi Kanu, two others



The Federal Government of Nigeria has slammed a
fresh charge of treasonable felony on Radio Biafra
Founder, Nnamdi Kanu.
Kanu who has been in detention was last
week freed by an Abuja High Court.
The Federal Government had gone to a
Federal High Court in Abuja last Friday to
prefer six charges against Kanu, Benjamin
Madubugwu and David Nwawuisi.
In the charge-sheet signed by the Director,
Public Prosecution (DPP), Mohammed Saidu
Diri, for the Attorney-General of the Federation
obtained by Daily Sun, Kanu and the two
others were charged with treasonable felony
which is punishable under Section 41(C) of
the Criminal Code Act, CAP C38 Laws of the
Federation of Nigeria.
Giving details, the charge-sheet read in part:
“That you, Nnamdi Kanu and other unknown
per- sons, now at large, at London, United
Kingdom, between 2014 and September, 2015
with intention to levy war against Nigeria in
order to force the President to change his
measures of being the President of the
Federation, Head of State and Commander-in-
Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federation
as defined in Section 3 of the Constitution of
the Federal Re- public of Nigeria 1999 (as
amended) by doing an act to wit: Broadcast
on Radio Biafra your preparations for the
states in the South- East geo-political zone,
South-South geo-political zone, the Igala
Community of Kogi State and the Idoma/Igede
Community of Benue State to secede from the
Federal Republic of Nigeria and form
themselves into a Republic of Biafra, and
thereby committed an offence punish- able
under Section 41(C) of the Criminal Code Act,
CAP C38 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria
2004.”
On count two of the charges, the federal
authorities also accused the trio of managing
an unlawful society.