The Special Counsel to the leader of the Indigenous People
of Biafra, Barrister Aloy Ejimakor, has revealed that the medical condition of
the IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu is worsening.
Ejimakor, who wrote a letter to the European Union in
Nigeria on Wednesday and posted a copy on his Twitter page, urged the EU to
intervene in Kanu’s case, adding that the Federal Government would listen to a
plea from the EU.
He further added that the EU should urge the Federal
Government to cease and desist from further criminal prosecution of Kanu and
instead to constructively engage him in seeking political solution to the
Biafran question.
The letter read in part, “We the solicitors of Mazi Nnamdi
Kanu on whose behalf and instruction we hereby most respectfully request for
the urgent intervention of European Union Delegation in urging the Government
of Nigeria to promptly Implement the opinion of the United Nations Working
Group on Arbitrary Detention and the pertinent judgement of the Federal High
Court of Nigeria (Umuahia) regarding the matter of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who is
currently detained by the GON in solitary confinement.
“Your excellency our decision to lay this matter before the
EU Mission in Nigeria (and by extension, to your home governments) was
propelled by the stellar human rights record of the EU and the supranational
diplomatic influence the EU or the Mission can bring to bear on the Government
of Nigeria and persuade it to do the right thing.
“We are also very alarmed at the worsening health conditions
of Mr. Kanu, exacerbated by the inhumane detention conditions to which he is
being subjected, including his solitary confinement since June 27, 2021.
“We trust therefore
that your mission and home governments will give the most urgent and
expeditious attention and consideration to our humble prayers.”
The lawyer also added that the intervention of the EU would
be necessary in urging the Federal Government to be “guided in all matters
relating to Mr Kanu by the letters and spirit of the United Nations Working
Group Opinion, the judgement of the Federal High Court of Nigeria (Umuahia),
the judgment of the High Court of Abia State and the judgment of the Court of
Appeal of Nigeria.”
He also urged the EU to “intervene with the Government of
Nigeria, urging it to cease and desist from further criminal prosecution of Mr
Kanu and instead to constructively engage him in seeking political solution to
the Biafran question.”
Although the Court of Appeal had discharged Kanu in October,
the Federal Government claimed that he was only discharged and not acquitted.
Kanu was extradited to Nigeria from Kenya in 2021 after the
Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami,
announced in a press conference in Abuja back in June 2021.
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