IPOB: Nigerian Government’s Reasons For Keeping Nnamdi Kanu In Detention – Lawyer Ejimakor

IPOB: Nigerian Government’s Reasons For Keeping Nnamdi Kanu In Detention – Lawyer Ejimakor....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶

Aloy Ejimakor, Special Counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), asserts that the Nigerian Government recognizes it cannot secure a conviction against Kanu with the current evidence. Ejimakor contends that Kanu has endured a trial by ordeal rather than a judicial process and that it is time to end his trial……….. CONTINUE READING

He highlighted that the evidence against Kanu is insufficient for a conviction, making his continued detention unjust.

Kanu was first arrested in 2015 and granted bail in 2017. He fled to Europe after a military invasion of his residence in Abia State. In 2021, Kanu was rearrested in Kenya and brought back to Nigeria through an extraordinary rendition.

Since his return, Kanu has appeared in various Nigerian courts and has appealed to the United Nations for his release. Despite court rulings granting him bail, the Nigerian Government has refused to release him.

In a video released yesterday, Ejimakor recounted Kanu’s ordeal from his initial arrest in 2015 to his rearrest in June 2021 in Kenya.

Ejimakor stated, “If Kanu was guilty, why has it taken so long to bring him to trial since 2017? This is not a judicial trial but a trial by ordeal, a trial by fire, imprisonment before conviction.

“They want to keep him jailed because they know a conviction is impossible with the available evidence, further complicated by the extraordinary rendition.”

He noted that a Federal High Court in Nigeria ruled in October 2022 that Kanu’s extraordinary rendition violated his constitutional rights and awarded him N500 million in damages.

Moreover, the United Nations, the Nigerian Court of Appeal, the Federal High Court, and state High Courts have collectively awarded Kanu a total of one billion naira, giving him four significant legal victories against the Nigerian Government.

“What more evidence do you need? This is persecution, not prosecution. It’s time to end this. On Kanu’s behalf, I call on all people of goodwill to speak up,” Ejimakor urged.

He concluded by stating that Kanu symbolizes the injustices faced by the Igbo people and their relatives in former Eastern Nigeria since the country’s founding, particularly since 2015. Ejimakor emphasized that fighting back should not involve violence.