Nnamdi Kanu files fresh motion, asks court to strike out all charges

Nnamdi Kanu files fresh motion, asks court to strike out all charges

Nnamdi Kanu has filed a fresh movement before the Federal excessive court in Abuja, searching for the dismissal of all charges in opposition to him and his instant launch.

inside the motion dated October 30, 2025, and titled “motion on notice and Written deal with in aid,” the detained leader of the Indigenous people of Biafra (IPOB) argued that there is no valid charge towards him below any current law in Nigeria.

He said the costs at present before the court are “a nullity ab initio for need of any extant legal foundation.”

Kanu, who’s representing himself, filed the motion below Sections 1(3), 6(6)(b), and 36(12) of the 1999 charter, the evidence Act 2011, and the Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) Act 2022.

He maintained that the prosecution depended on repealed and non-existent laws, consisting of the Customs and Excise control Act (CEMA), which was once repealed by using the Nigeria Customs service Act 2023, and the Terrorism Prevention (amendment) Act 2013, repealed by the TPPA 2022.

Kanu stated the reliance on such repealed laws violates section 36(12) of the charter, which prohibits trial for an offence not described beneath an current regulation. He consequently entreated the court docket to strike out the charges of their entirety, insisting they do no longer constitute any offence recognised to law.

bringing up the ideal courtroom’s selection in FRN v. Kanu (SC/CR/1361/2022), he argued that lower courts are bound to take judicial note of repealed laws under section 122 of the proof Act 2011, including that failure to accomplish that renders all lawsuits void.

Kanu also contended that the counts against him were allegedly devoted in Kenya, in violation of section 76(1)(d)(iii) of the TPPA 2022, which calls for validation by using a Kenyan court earlier than such acts may be tried in Nigeria. He said this omission nullifies the courtroom’s extraterritorial jurisdiction and breaches Article 7(2) of the African charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights.

He in addition maintained that below Sections 1(three) and 36(12) of the charter, any law or judicial act inconsistent with the charter is void. He noted previous court choices which include Aoko v. Fagbemi (1961) 1 All NLR 400 and FRN v. Ifegwu (2003) 15 NWLR (Pt 842) 113, where convictions based on non-existent laws had been nullified.

Kanu entreated the courtroom to direct the prosecution to reply to his movement strictly on factors of regulation inside three days and to deliver a ruling on or earlier than November 4, 2025.

He stated that his software raises only constitutional and criminal questions derived from present legal guidelines and consequently does now not require an affidavit.