Ejimakor added that the continued detention of Kanu is markedly illegal and constitutes a significant burden on national security.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Aloy Ejimakor, lead counsel of leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu, has again criticised the Federal Government for Kanu’s detention.
Ejimakor said in a statement made available to TheNiche on Monday that contrary to what the government thinks the sustained detention of Kanu threatens regional security in the South-East which in turn affects national security.
The lawyer said his crusade against Kanu’s detention and trial is primarily driven by the various judicial pronouncements and legal principles (municipal and international) against his rendition, detention and trial.
He said he was also convinced that Kanu’s case was more political than legal as he was only calling for a referendum on Biafra.
He said, “A lot of folks are probably unaware that there is a subsisting Federal High Court judgment that declared his rendition and detention unconstitutional and two international tribunal pronouncements in the same regard. This means that Nnamdi Kanu could have been freed on the purport of any of these pronouncements.
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“Yet, his freedom is being frustrated by some fringe elements who have maliciously latched to the fallacy that his continued detention somewhat furthers national security. This is pure sophistry because the evidence on ground proves the opposite to be true, given that the vaunted national security actually suffered significantly in the Southeast region following Kanu’s rendition in 2021.
“Ponder this: Is regional security in the Southeast not an integral part of national security? While you’re thinking about this, keep in mind that any notion of national security is incomplete without a concomitant regional security in the Southeast.
“Thus, President Ahmed Tinubu should be wary of anybody that advises him against releasing Kanu, pivoting on some false notion of national security or even some slippery legality. Nothing can be further from the truth.”
Ejimakor added that the continued detention of Kanu is markedly illegal and constitutes a significant burden on national security. “It is also politically risky and has become unsustainable to boot,” he said.
