An Abia State High Court sitting in Umuahia , has fixed on January 19, to deliver judgment on the suit filed by the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
The IPOB Leader had filed a suit on August 27, 2021 through his counsel, Aloy Ejimakor , seeking the enforcement of his fundamental rights.
After concluding the matter on 10th December, 2021, Presiding Judge, Benson Anya, had reserved judgment ruling that parties will be communicated to the date.
Among the reliefs sought by the IPOB leader include; “A declaration that the arrest of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu in Kenya by agents of the Nigerian government without due process of law is arbitrary, illegal, unlawful, unconstitutional and amounts to infringement of his fundamental rights against arbitrary arrest, to his personal liberty and to fair hearing as guaranteed under the Nigerian Constitution and the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights.
“A declaration that the military invasion of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s home in Abia State in September 2017 by the Nigerian government is illegal, unlawful, unconstitutional and amounts to infringement of his fundamental rights to life, dignity of his person, his personal liberty and fair hearing as guaranteed under the Nigerian Constitution and the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights.
“An injunction restraining the Nigerian government from taking any further step in the prosecution of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu in Charge No: FHC/ABJ/CR/383/2015 (Federal Republic of Nigeria v. Nnamdi Kanu) pursuant to his unlawful his expulsion from Kenya to Nigeria.”
