From Stanley Uzoaru, Owerri
Ohanaeze has urged President Ahmed Tinubu to release the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Mazi Nnamdi Kanu who was exactly four years at the weekend since his extradition from Kenya and detention in Nigeria.
National Publicity Secretary of the organisation, Ezechi Chukwu who made the fresh demand in a public statement he released to newsmen regretted that the IPOB leader has been in detention for four years without justice.
His statement reads in parts 鈥 27th June 2025 marks four years of Nnamdi Kanu鈥檚 unlawful arrest and detention in Kenya, prior to his extradition to Nigeria. Here in Nigeria, the question of Nnamdi Kanu鈥檚 continued detention poses a moral burden on the corporate integrity of the Nigerian judicial system.
鈥淪ince the Judiciary is a principal arm of the government, Kanu鈥檚 custody by extension therefore gives rise to the interrogation of the strange mannerism of the Nigerian government鈥檚 adherence to the tenets of rule of law, compliance with the prevalence of fundamental human rights, conformity to normative regulations and subscription to body of statutes, irrespective of social stratum, religion, ethnicity and other avoidable mundane prejudices and institutional biases.
鈥淭he world is watching the extent the Nigerian authorities wish to procrastinate the imperative of releasing Nnamdi Kanu.
鈥淪ince his process of extradition from Kenya is unlawful and the basis for his arraignment questionable, one wonders the rational for detaining Nnamdi Kanu for four years without justice.
鈥淥hanaeze Ndigbo at his juncture therefore urges President Tinubu to deploy his constitutional powers and diplomatic instruments to release him, in the spirit of equity, fairness and inclusive justice.