
other monetary instruments, chattels and real properties belonging to
Nnamdi Kanu, IPOB and its members are in imminent danger of being
confiscated by the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”
It recounts: “On
or about September 12, 2017, and lasting till about September 15, 2017,
the Nigerian army surrounded and began to launch a series of armed
attacks/invasion of Nnamdi Kanu’s home. The army used live bullets and
other lethal munitions in the course of the attacks. Several people
including Nnamdi Kanu, his parents, siblings, children, women, the
elderly, and numerous visitors were at the home during the attacks. All
occupants were trapped in the premises during the attacks that lasted
two days.
“At the end, Nnamdi Kanu’s home was badly damaged,
several people were killed. Others were wounded. The Nigerian army
‘captured’ several people alive and took them to an unknown location.
Since after the attacks, Nnamdi Kanu has not been seen or heard from,
either in public or by those who normally would have heard from him. And
the
Nigerian army has refused to disclose whether he was killed, wounded or taken into their custody.
“During
the course of the attack, the Nigerian army, in a published statement,
declared IPOB a terrorist organisation, apparently to justify its
indiscriminate use of lethal force against Nnamdi Kanu and members of
IPOB in Umuahia, Abia State and other states of the South East of
Nigeria, which the Federal Republic of Nigeria has, without lawful
purpose, subjected to military occupation since September 10, 2017.”
The
petition adds: “However, on September 21, 2017, Justice Kafarati of the
Nigerian Federal High Court, Abuja, made an ex parte order (without
prior notice to IPOB), declaring IPOB a terrorist organisation and
further ordering its proscription pursuant to an ex parte application
brought before the court on September 20, 2017 by the Attorney-General
of Nigeria.
Kanu drags federal government of Nigeria to African human rights commission.
Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed
Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has written a human right petition against the federal government.
The
petition, addressed to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’
Rights (ACOHPR), is asking the commission to stop the Federal Government
from further violations and harassment against his person and IPOB
members.
The petition, dated December 5, 2017 and entitled,
‘Communication Brought Pursuant to the African Charter on Human and
Peoples’ Rights’, was filed on his behalf by his counsel, Mr. Aloy
Ejimakor.
The petition, listed Prof. Uzodimma Nwala, Chinedu
Njoku, Greg Nwadike, Carol Munday, Jeremiah Chukwuokolo and two others
as witnesses to the alleged violations.
It reads in part: “The
declaration that IPOB is a terrorist organisation and that its members
commit terrorist acts has empowered and emboldened the Nigerian army and
other security agencies, acting under the colour of law, to harass,
intimidate, arrest or even kill or torture IPOB members and any member
of the Igbo ethnic group suspected to be an IPOB member.
“Nnamdi
Kanu is in imminent danger of being shot and killed on sight by Nigerian
security forces still at-large at various checkpoints. They are on
reconnaissance and in cordon and search operation in the environs and
outlying areas of Nnamdi Kanu’s homestead at Afara-Ukwu, Umuahia, Abia
State of Nigeria and at checkpoints in all the five states of the South
East of Nigeria that border the wider geographical area of Umuahia where
Nnamdi Kanu was last seen alive.
“Monies, bank accounts,
https://www.naijanews.com/…/36659-biafra-nnamdi-kanu-petiti…
Prof Uzodinma Nwala is a genuine Igbo elder who leads from the front
not like the Judas John Nnia Nwodo. This brave professor and renowned
academic from Mbaise the home of Ahiara Declaration, was the first
prominent person to visit Nnamdi Kanu, Benjamin Madubugwu, David
Nwawuisi and Chidiebere Onwudiwe in Kuje prison. He was also a signatory
to the law suit pending at Enugu High Court seeking to declare Buratai
and
his Operation Python Dance illegal.
He led his group Ala-Igbo Development Foundation (ADF) to United Nations
in June to argue the case of self determination for Biafra. Such men
should be leading Igbo people not compromised cowards like John Nnia
Nwodo who are perennial slaves to Arewa caliphate. By signing this
petition to Africa Union, his reputation and pedigree is becoming
unassailable. Nnia Nwodo should learn from him.