The Supreme Court has released the Certified True Copy (CTC) of its ruling on Nnamdi Kanu, said Aloy Ejimakor, one of the lawyers to the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
In a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Monday, Ejimakor said the court also promised to transmit the case file to the Federal High Court by Tuesday.
Last week, Kanu’s family decried the Supreme Court’s delay in the release of the CTC of its ruling on Kanu’s matter.
The Supreme Court had on December 15, 2023, set aside the ruling of the Appeal Court which had in its earlier verdict, set the IPOB leader free from the terrorism charges slammed against him by the Federal Government.
The apex court ruled that instead, Kanu should be tried at the appropriate court.
Kanu’s family had said the non-release of the CTC by the Supreme Court jeopardised further legal moves the family could have taken.
However, on Monday, Ejimakor said, “Today, the Supreme Court released the CTC of its judgment in ‘Federal Republic of Nigeria versus Nnamdi Kanu’.
“The Court also promised to transmit the case file to the Federal High Court by tomorrow (Tuesday). Sooner than later, we shall lock horns at the Federal High Court to #FreeMNK.”
We will extend Lagos blue rail line to our border towns — Ogun govt
The Ogun State Government says it plans to extend the Lagos Blue Rail Line project into the border towns of the state.
Disclosing this was the State Commissioner of Finance and Economic Adviser to the Governor, Mr Dapo Okubadejo. He said this on Monday at a media event organised to highlight the state 2024 budget held at the Olusegun Osoba Press Centre, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta.
Okubadejo said, “2024 is focusing on the provision of infrastructure at the various economic development clusters while extending the Lagos Blue Rail Line Project into Agbara and ensuring the well-extending of the Lagos Red Rail Line Project to Ijoko and Ifo/Kajola in line with the execution of the state’s multi-modal transport plan under the Lagos-Ogun Joint Development Commission initiative”.
According to Okubadejo the budget consists of N287.37 billion for recurrent expenditure and N415.66 billion for capital expenditure.
“Our target as a government is to be the most economically viable state. We are set to open up our Economic Development Clusters with significant economic activities; we need to have a master plan, be careful with debt, and continue to be very strategic in our collective effort to develop the state to an enviable height among its peers,” he said.