Nigeria's Court of Appeal on Tuesday reserved judgment after separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu sought to have charges of terrorism and broadcasting falsehoods against him dropped, his lawyers said.
Kanu, a British citizen, is in jail awaiting trial and denies the charges against him. His lawyers told the court that the charges lacked merit and Kanu should be acquitted.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comKanu leads the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra , which has been pressing for the secession of a part of southeast Nigeria, home to the mainly Igbo ethnic group.
Nigeria's government views IPOB as a terrorist group and blames it on a spate of killings and attacks on government buildings in the southeast, which the group denies. An attempt by Igbo separatists to secede as the Republic of Biafra in 1967 - the year Kanu was born - triggered a three-year civil war that killed more than 1 million people.Reporting by Camillus Eboh; Writing by MacDonald Dzirutwe; Editing by Bill Berkrot
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