Ibekimi Oriamaja Reports
The World Igbo Congress (WIC) has urged the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, to ensure that Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), receives justice.
The body was reacting to the Abuja Appeal Court decision ordering Kanu’s release, as well as Justice Evelyn Anyadike’s Federal High Court ruling against Kanu’s extraordinary rendition on October 26, 2022, in Umuahia.
Justice Anyadike had ruled, among other things, that Kanu should be returned to Kenya prior to his arrest in June 2021.
Despite the court’s decision, Kanu is still being held by the Department of State Services, or DSS.
In response to the ruling, the Igbo Congress urged Malami to order Kanu’s release.
The call was made in a statement signed by its Secretary-General, Chris Ogara; PRO Basil Onwukwe; and Chairman Anthony Ejiofor.
“World Igbo Congress, on behalf of all Igbo in the Diaspora, extols the judgment delivered on Thursday, October 26, 2022, by the Federal High Court in Umuahia (presided over by Justice Evelyn Anyadike) against the extraordinary rendition of Nnamdi Kanu on October 26 2022,” according to a statement forwarded to Track News by Kanu’s Special Counsel, Aloy Ejimakor.
“The World Igbo Congress regards this monumental judgment as the pinnacle of “judicial courage,” even as the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, continues to appeal the freedom already granted to Nnamdi Kanu by a three-man panel of the Court of Appeal in Abuja led by Justice Hanatu Sankeyas.
“With this decision in the Federal Court of Umuahia, we see that there is still hope in the Nigerian judiciary, and we call on the Attorney General to redirect himself by toeing the line of judicial integrity, honor, and the rule of law to ensure that Nnamdi Kanu receives earned justice.”
“Once again, and in keeping with our October 18, 2022 statement, the World Igbo Congress calls on the AGF and the Federal Government to release Nnamdi Kanu immediately.”
