As the case of terrorism charge against the leader of the Indigenous people of Biafra(IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu comes up on Tuesday, members of the group have urged the federal government to discontinue the legal action against him and release him unconditionally.
Spokesman of the group, Emma Powerful in a statement he released to newsmen today (Monday, September 23) described his continued trial as a political and ethnic prosecution, recalling that Kanu had early been discharged and acquitted by an appeal court in Abuja.
“The continuous illegal Court trial of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is nothing but a political and ethnic persecution and ethnic because the Appeal Court judgement that discharged him is still subsisting,” Powerful declared.
“The Nigerian government lacks prosecutory powers against Mazi Nnamdi Kanu against the backdrop of a subsisting judgement of the Appeal Court.
“Moreso, the Nigerian government is in violation of the international law for kidnapping and renditioning Mazi Nnamdi Kanu from Kenya to Nigeria. Even the Supreme Court of Nigeria condemned his kidnap and renditioning from Kenya to Nigeria.
“Let it be known to the Nigerian government and their judicial accomplices that so long as IPOB is concerned, our leader is being illegally detained and persecuted for a peaceful Biafra self-determination struggle carried out in line with the UN laws and African and People’s Rights Chatter”.
“IPOB worldwide is bringing to the attention of the public and the International Community that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu did not commit any crime known to law both locally and internationally,” Powerful added.
“This position of the law has been affirmed by the Appeal Court of Nigeria which dismissed all frivolous charges against him and ordered his unconditional release and compensation.
“Hence, his continued court arraignment is a political and ethnic persecution by the ethnically bigoted government of Nigeria.
“We are using this opportunity to support our leader’s wife once again for the demand that Justice Binta Nyako recuse herself from the case of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.”
