The family of convicted Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, says he has written to the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) and the President of the Court of Appeal, demanding the immediate listing and hearing of his pending cases.
The Okwu-Kanu Family, in a statement issued on Tuesday, said the move followed what it described as the Federal Government’s failure to file substantive responses in two separate proceedings despite several months having passed.
According to the family, Kanu commenced proceedings before the Supreme Court on November 7, 2025, challenging the legality of the apex court’s December 15, 2023 remittal judgment.
The family said the Federal Government was duly served but had, according to records available to them, not filed a substantive response or caused the case to be listed for hearing more than nine months later.
It also disclosed that Kanu has a separate appeal before the Court of Appeal challenging his November 20, 2025 conviction and life sentence.
The family questioned the pace of the proceedings, recalling that the Court of Appeal had, on October 13, 2022, discharged Kanu and quashed the criminal charges against him.
It alleged that the Federal Government subsequently obtained a civil stay of execution from another panel of the Court of Appeal on October 28, 2022, 14 days after the judgment.
The family said Kanu was not seeking special treatment but was demanding a prompt determination of his pending appeals.
It added that the United States Congress, Israeli Knesset and International Bar Association would be formally notified of the issues surrounding Kanu’s cases.
Kanu has remained in detention following his conviction and life sentence in November 2025.
