By Seun Opejobi Aloy Ejimakor, the Special Counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has stated that...
By Seun Opejobi
Aloy Ejimakor, the Special Counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of
the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has stated that the power to release
the Biafra agitator rests with President Bola Tinubu or the Attorney General of
the Federation, not the Service Chiefs.
Ejimakor also noted that Tinubu’s National Security Adviser,
Nuhu Ribadu, lacks the authority to release Kanu.
He urged those making false claims that Kanu’s matter is a
security issue to stop, stressing that it is a matter of self-determination.
The constitutional lawyer stated that self-determination is
not a political offence and is not considered a crime anywhere in the world,
including Nigeria, under Article 20 of the Nigerian law and the African
Charter.
Posting on X, Ejimakor wrote: “Freeing Nnamdi Kanu lies with
the President, not the Service Chiefs. Those peddling the fallacy that the
matter of MAZI NNAMDI KANU is a ‘security issue’ should stop. The truth is that
his matter is a ‘self-determination’ issue, which is within the purview of the
President/AGF, not the National Security Adviser. Nobody is killed by mere
broadcasts.
“When you take anybody to any court in any country in the
world and tell that court you want the person because he wants a Biafra, they
will tell you to go to hell. You are a kidnapper extraordinaire. Whether you
are a government or not, you are a rogue. You should not try anybody in court
for wanting a separate nation.
“That is how Nigeria was founded in 1960. That was how the
Midwest region was created in 1963. That is how Nigeria lost Southern Cameroon
to Cameroon. It is either called a referendum or plebiscite, and that is how
Nigeria got Adamawa, the former Southern Cameroon, into Northern Nigeria.
“Why should the Biafra issue be different? It is only a
crime in Nigeria. IPOB is only considered a terrorist organization in Nigeria
but not globally. This highlights that we hold something in Nigeria, which is
why Nigeria ambushed Nnamdi Kanu and kidnapped him.”
This comes as Southeast governors revealed plans to meet
with Tinubu to discuss a political solution for Kanu’s release. Additionally,
Southeast lawmakers met with the Attorney General of the Federation last
Wednesday.
During the meeting, the senators appealed to Tinubu to order
Kanu’s release, stressing that his release would boost social and economic
activities in the South-East zone.
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