FG Nnamdi Kanu Jailed
Nigerian Government faces criticism as Nnamdi Kanu’s counsel argues insufficient evidence warrants end to trial, cites unjust detention.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Aloy Ejimakor, Special Counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), asserts that the Nigerian Government acknowledges its inability to secure a conviction against Kanu with current evidence.
Ejimakor contends that Kanu’s trial has been more of an ordeal than a fair judicial process and calls for its termination, citing insufficient evidence for a conviction and unjust prolonged detention.
Initially arrested in 2015 and granted bail in 2017, Kanu fled to Europe following a military raid on his residence in Abia State. He was rearrested in Kenya in 2021 and forcibly returned to Nigeria.
Despite court rulings granting him bail, Kanu remains detained, prompting appeals to the United Nations for intervention amidst ongoing legal proceedings in Nigeria.
However, in a video released yesterday, the lawyer detailed Kanu’s ordeal from his initial arrest in 2015 through 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.”
Ejimakor highlighted that a Federal High Court in Nigeria ruled in October 2022 that Kanu’s extraordinary rendition violated his constitutional rights, awarding him N500 million in damages.
Additionally, the United Nations, the Nigerian Court of Appeal, the Federal High Court, and state High Courts have awarded Kanu a total of one billion naira, giving him four major legal victories against the Nigerian Government.
FG Nnamdi Kanu Jailed
“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 stressed that fighting back should not involve violence.
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