Family says court refused order to produce Nnamdi Kanu

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The family of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has raised the alarm that an Abuja court has declined to issue a Production Warrant that would have enabled the Sokoto Correctional Facility to bring him to the Federal Capital Territory on Friday to perfect his appeal documents.

A spokesperson for the family and Kanu’s younger brother, Emma Kanu, disclosed in a phone conversation with our corespondent on Thursday morning, that the Abuja High Court had issued “a summons to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu to appear on November 28 at the Federal High Court in Abuja for the settlement of records regarding the appeal he filed prior to the November 20 judgment.”

A production warrant is a mandatory order that authorises prison authorities to convey an inmate from detention to the courtroom.

According to Emma, “a production warrant is required for the Sokoto Prison to transport him (Nnamdi Kanu) to Abuja, but the Court declined to issue it.” Punch