Nnamdi Kanu drags Kenyan Govt to Court over abduction

…it’s unlawful to try him in Nigeria without first being returned to Britain – Counsel

By Ezurike Ugochukwu

The Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra(IPOB), Maazi Nnamdi Kanu, has taken governmemt of Kenyan to Court for their role in his abduction and extra-ordinary rendition to Nigeria few months ago.

In response to a telephone call to him by Vanguard, Mr Aloy Ejimakor, special counsel to Kanu said the suit had been properly filed at the Kenyan High Court, Kenya.

The suit he said was filed on the 14th of September by Luchiri Associates, Kanu’s legal team in Kenya.

Mr Ejimakor argued that since Kanu is a British citizen and entered Kenya with his British passport, he ought not to have been brought to Nigeria for any reason without valid court orders for his extradition.

Kanu’s fundamental human rights according to the counsel were grossly violated by those who masterminded his rendition to Nigeria.

The renowned lawyer accused the Kenyan Government of culpability, as the act was against international laws to illegally arrest somebody on foreign land, an act that amounts to abduction.

According to Ejimakor, Kanu cannot be lawfully prosecuted by the federal government unless the issue of his extra-ordinary rendition is first discharged, and if he is to stand trial in Nigeria, he will first be returned to Kenya and Britain where he resides before Nigeria will apply for his extradition in a British court.

Kanu’s family in its reaction described the move as a welcome development.

His younger brother, Prince Emmanuel Kanu said that the Kenyan Government erred by facilitating the abduction of the IPOB Leader and his subsequent rendition to Nigeria.

He expressed optimism that Kanu would get justice in the end.

However, the South-East caucus at the National Assembly has resolved to engage the federal government over Kanu’s detention, and also condemned the continued injustice against Ndigbo and their exclusion from the power equation in Nigeria.

This was contained in a communique read out by Senator Ike Ekweremmadu after thier caucus meeting at the Apo Villa, Abuja.

Ejimakor it will be recalled had in an interview with a United Kingdom(UK) television station explained that it would be unlawful for any court of law to embark on Nnamdi Kanu’s trial because he was renditioned and not extradited to Nigeria, an act which is unlawful in the eyes of the international community.