{
  "id": 4424674,
  "title": "Lawyer questions Supreme Court for reviving nullified charges in Nnamdi Kanu’s trial",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/lawyer-questions-supreme-court-for-reviving-nullified-charges-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-30T12:49:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/08/30/lawyer-questions-supreme-court-for-reviving-nullified-charges-in-nnamdi-kanus-trial/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Lawyer Onyedikachi Ifedi has raised questions regarding the Supreme Court's decision to reinstate charges dismissed by the Court of Appeal in the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The Court of Appeal had acquitted and discharged Kanu in October 2022, dismissing several counts due to lack of evidence. However, the Supreme Court reversed this decision on December 15, 2023, remitting the trial back to the Federal High Court. Ifedi criticized the Supreme Court's rewriting of the foundation of Count 15, which was later renumbered as Count 7 in the Abuja Federal High Court trial. He questioned the law allowing the Supreme Court to revive the quashed charges and rewrite the statutory foundation of the criminal accusation. Ifedi argued that the Supreme Court does not have the power to legislate criminal law for a preferred outcome and that its role is limited to interpreting and developing the law. He also pointed out that Justice Binta Nyako's recusal may have influenced the proceedings and the need for a new judge to take a fresh plea. Ifedi emphasized that the existence of a criminal charge is jurisdictional and that a law reviving a quashed count must be identified before it can support another criminal proceeding.",
  "summary": "A lawyer, Onyedikachi Ifedi, has questioned the Supreme Court’s decision to revive charges quashed by the Court of Appeal in the trial of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu. The Court of Appeal had, while acquitting and discharging Kanu in a ruling on October 13, 2022, thrown out counts 6, […] Lawyer questions Supreme Court for reviving nullified charges in Nnamdi…",
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    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Vox",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/one-of-the-supreme-courts-worst-ideas-could-save-the-midterms-from",
        "published": "2026-08-30T10:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}