Nnamdi Kanu’s Lawyer Writes the UK, Says His Life is in Danger
Nnamdi Kanu’s Lawyer Writes the UK, Says His Life is in Danger
Lead counsel to Kanu, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, representing Kanu has dispatched a letter to the United Kingdom (UK) alleging maltreatment of the IPOB leader in the custody of the Department of State Security (DSS) and incarceration of over 300 members of the group.
Ejiofor, in the November 17 letter to the British High Commissioner in Nigeria, asked London to “do everything to protect the life of its national, our client, who, from every indication, is gripped by the vice-like, vengeful, and unrelenting stranglehold of the present Federal Government of Nigeria. Britain cannot afford to shirk the obligation it owes our client.”
He recommended the adoption of what he called aggressive diplomatic engagement/effort to “ensure that our client is released unconditionally in the shortest possible time. The Nigerian government should not be allowed to benefit from its wrongdoing. It grossly violated all international treaties it is a signatory to the moment it surreptitiously entered a sovereign state to kidnap/abduct a British national and extraordinarily renditioned him to Nigeria for a trial that is a sham.”
Keep off my court during Kanu’s suit hearings, Judge orders DSS, police
Justice Anya Benson of the Abia State High Court, sitting in Umuahia yesterday ordered security operatives to stop keeping siege to the court premises whenever it is hearing the N5billion suit filed by IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu against the Federal Government over his “abduction from Kenya and extraordinary rendition to Nigeria.”
“Henceforth, no security operative is allowed close by except as requested by the court,” Justice Benson said while also warning against the arrest of any person inside the court for whatever reason.
He said that citizens of the state were not known for trouble-making and asked the security agencies to allow the people a breath of freedom.
The court order followed a complaint by Kanu’s Counsel, Mr. Aloy Ejimakor, that security agencies were harassing people from gaining access to the court premises any time Kanu’s matter comes up for hearing.
There was a large presence of security personnel on the premises as early as 6 am while the Ikot Ekpene Expressway axis of the Umuahia High Court was closed to traffic by the security operatives, forcing motorists to use alternate routes to their destination.
Hearing in the suit was adjourned to December 10 for the adoption of processes and a hearing on the substantive application seeking Kanu’s release from detention and his repatriation to Britain.
