A Magistrate Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday, December 16, discharged the cases against the director of the Indigenous People Of Biafra Nnamdi Kanu.

At the ruling the chief magistrate, Shuaibu Usman struck out all criminal charges levelled against Kanu.

Usman said that since the State Security Services (SSS) through its lawyer Moses Idakwo had filed for a discontinuation of the case, the accused is thereby discharged.

Citing section 108 of the Administration of the Criminal Justice Act, he said the case is struck out due emerging facts by the prosecutor on the matter under investigation.

On Monday, November 23, the SSS had filed an application for the discontinuation of the case against Kanu.

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Although the judge ruled, “The accused person is hereby discharged and the case struck out,” it is not yet uhuru for Mr. Kanu as the DSS intends to file charges before a higher court that can hear matters bordering on terrorism and treason.