Special Counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, Aloy Ejimakor has described the extraordinary rendition and continued detention of the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a “double national offence” that should not stand.
Ejimakor said this in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Tuesday.
In June 2021, the Department of State Services (DSS) announced that it had captured Kanu and returned him to Nigeria to continue facing trial.
In October 2022, Justice Evelyn Anyadike of a Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia, Abia State ruled that the extraordinary rendition of the IPOB leader from Kenya was against his fundamental rights.
The court also ordered the Federal Government to pay Kanu N500 million as damages.
In his X post, Ejimakor said that Nigerians lost their visa-free travel to the UK because of the botched rendition of Umaru Dikko in 1984.
He added that Kanu’s rendition made the government of Benin Republic to protect Yoruba Nation agitator, Sundayi Igboho.
“In 1984, Nigerians lost their visa-free travel to the UK because of the botched rendition of Umaru Dikko & it was the rendition of MAZI NNAMDI KANU that got Benin Republic to protect IGBOHO.
“Detaining MNK after renditioning him is a double national offence that should not stand,” Ejimakor said.
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In 1984, Nigerians lost their visa-free travel to the UK because of the botched rendition of Umaru Dikko & it was the rendition of MAZI NNAMDI KANU that got Benin Republic to protect IGBOHO. Detaining MNK after renditioning him is a double national offense that should not stand.
— aloy ejimakor (@AloyEjimakor) November 21, 2023