Nnamdi Kanu Insists On Ruling Declaring His Innocence, Says No One Should Beg For His Release

Nnamdi Kanu Insists On Ruling Declaring His Innocence, Says No One Should Beg For His Release  The incarcerated leader of the Indigenous Peo...

Nnamdi Kanu Insists On Ruling Declaring His Innocence, Says No One Should Beg For His Release 

The incarcerated leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB) movement has once again reiterated his position with regards to his legal cum political tussle with the federal government stating that his innocence upheld by the Nigerian constitution, laws as well as international laws on self-determination activism is enough for the Nigerian government to release him without unnecessary fawning and pleading from concerned parties.

This he made through his legal attorney, Barr. Aloy Ejimakor after a routine weekly visitation at the Nigerian secret police headquarters in Abuja. According to the  statement issued to the press by his lawyer, Mr Kanu urged any interested who wish to mediate, intervene or speak out over his incarceration to anchor their momentum on the fact that his release has been ordered by the Nigerian judiciary on the premises that he committed no crime known to law. 

This is happening in the backdrop of an alleged impromptu summon issued the federal high court demanding the presence and appearance of the IPOB leader in court to resume his prosecution on February 10th 2025. 

The statement reads,"During my visitation with Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu yesterday, he made it abundantly clear that while he is deeply appreciative of the efforts and the widespread calls being made by well-meaning individuals and groups to secure his release, he however instructed his legal team to issue the following clarifications: 

1, The matter of releasing Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is not an act of mercy, pardon, executive clemency or even amnesty. Instead, it should be an act of simply complying with the subsisting Federal High Court judgment that declared his detention as unconstitutional or even the extant international tribunal decisions that separately declared his detention as unlawful. Alternatively, the decision to free him from detention and discontinue his infamous prosecution can be made by simply resorting to the constitutional provisions that empower the Attorney-General of the Federation (on the directives of the President) to discontinue any prosecution." 

2, Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is adamant that nobody should plead or beg anybody on his behalf because he has committed no crime. Self determination which is the real issue that got twisted to suddenly become a high crime is an inalienable right guaranteed under the laws of Nigeria, the United Nations, the United Kingdom and Kenya. Thus, the perverse and unlawful criminalisation of his exercise of this right should not unwittingly be encouraged through some misguided appeals for pardon, clemency or mercy. Thus, releasing Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is not an act of mercy or pardon but an act of abiding by rule of law." 

3, In as much as those calling for his release are sincere, their calls for pardon or clemency may be misconstrued as a green light to the executive branch or even the courts to violate the rule of law by continuing to subject Mazi Nnamdi Kanu to a prosecution or trial that does not comport with the tenets of the Constitution and Nigeria’s treaty obligations." 

4, Instead of begging, those desiring his release should emulate the language and tact used by Afenifere, Ohaneze, World Igbo Congress (WIC), ranking members of the National Assembly, American Military Veterans of Igbo Descent (AVID), Ambassadors for Self Determination (based in America), the international community and a host of others who have made it clear that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu deserves to be released because he has committed no offence known to law. If truth be told, it is Nigeria's executive branch which extraordinarily renditioned Mazi Nnamdi Kanu that should show contrition for resorting to extraordinary rendition which is a State crime under international law and and the common law. If any begging must be done, it should be directed to the Courts to conduct his cases and that of IPOB with the utmost impartiality and adherence to rule of law, equity and good conscience." 

5, Most importantly, Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu sincerely thanks everyone working assiduously towards the restoration of security, tranquility and good order in his beloved Igboland."

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