Aloy Ejimakor, lawyer of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has said that if the Federal Government is to comply with the Supreme Court judgment extending the deadline on the old naira notes, the government should also comply with the court ruling to release Kanu.

Wakadaily report that Nnamdi Kanu has been in the custody of the Department of State Services since October 2022, despite the Court of Appeal in Abuja quashing the 15-count terrorism charge against Kanu and discharging him consequently.

The appellate court in a unanimous decision by a three-man panel led by Justice Jummai Hanatu, discharged and acquitted the IPOB leader of all the allegations against him, even as it ordered his release from detention.

The court had said it was satisfied that the Federal Government flagrantly violated all known laws, when it forcefully renditioned Kanu from Kenya to Nigeria for the continuation of his trial.

However, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, had said that Kanu was only discharged but not acquitted.

Ejimakor in a Tweet on Friday morning said that if the Federal Government is to comply with the court’s order on the deadline for the old naira notes then it should also comply with the order discharging Kanu, adding that all judgements are equal.

He wrote: “Those asking the Federal Government to obey the Supreme Court judgment extending the deadline on old Naira notes should also ask the Federal Government to comply with the Court/Tribunal rulings that called for the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. All judgments are created equal.”