Biafra news : Nnamdi Kanu explodes, alleges miscarriage of justice, petitions NBA

 

Nnamdi Kanu explodes, alleges miscarriage of justice, petitions NBA

By Steve Oko

Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, blew hot as he petitioned the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), seeking sanctions against three judges -Justices Binta Nyako, Haruna Tsammani, and Garba Lawal – for alleged gross judicial misconduct.

Kanu, in the strongly-worded petition he personally signed and made available to Sunday Vanguard through one of his lawyers, Umesi, accused the trio of miscarriage of justice in his trial.

Recall that Kanu, who was extraordinarily renditioned from Kenya since June 2021, has remained in detention at the Abuja headquarters of the Department of State Service, DSS. 

The IPoB leader chronicled the alleged offenses of the judicial officers against him, urging the NBA, currently meeting in Enugu, to investigate them and take appropriate measures against them.

Kanu also urged NBA to

 “publish a report condemning the use of civil procedures to subvert criminal law, and the criminal law, and the resurrection of repealed statutes; affirm that no Nigerian should ever again be detained by abduction or tried under a repealed law; and to hold errant judges accountable, restoring public confidence in the Bar and Bench.”

According to him,

”the catalogue” of alleged infractions by the trio against him, “now stand as an un-erasable blot on Nigeria’s legal conscience” .

Biafra news. : Discuss my case at your national conference, Nnamdi Kanu urges NBA

 

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has written to the Nigerian Bar Association, 

praying the body to include his matter in its agenda of the 2025 NBA Annual General Conference holding in Enugu State.  MAKE MONEY ONLINE $25 DAILY

Kanu, in a letter addressed to the NBA president, dated August 18, 2025 and received at the national Secretariat on August 22, 2025, was made available to newsmen on Friday in Abuja.

The IPOB leader, in the letter titled: “Re: Miscarriages of Justice in the Case of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu,” and personally signed by him, said the NBA, as one of the guardians of the legal profession and the promoter of the rule of law, cannot continue to turn its face the other way.     Free mining app you can mine $55 daily

“Sir, my name is Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), an organisation which is a lawful human right organisation  

registered in over 18 countries of the world with peacefully agitation for my right to self determination of Biafra Republic which is a fundamental human right of association guaranteed both in local and international laws and human rights.

May I inform you that this is not merely a letter of a persecuted man; it is a bill of indictment against a segment of the Nigerian judiciary that has, in my case, converted courts of law into arenas of impunity”.

He alleged that what has been done to him by the Courts amounts to nothing less than judicial lynching as against constitutional order urging the Nigerian Bar Association to incorporate the proceedings as one of its discussions in the ongoing NBA conference going on in Enugu State.

“Audi alteram partem– the sacred maxim of fair hearing has been shattered beyond recognition.

Section 36 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (CFRN) 1999 (as amended), Sections 169 and 293 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) 2015, and binding international instruments like the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (Article 7) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Article 14) have all been mutilated in my case.

“This letter sets out, in painstaking details, the catalogue of infractions that now stand as an unerasable blot on Nigeria’s legal conscience, supported by judicial authority.

“It is further compounded by the fact that multiple authoritative bodies — including the Supreme Court itself, Court of Appeal of Nigeria (which discharged me), the Federal High Court (which declared my extraordinary rendition illegal), the Kenyan High Court, UN Special  Rapporteur opinions, and the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) — have confirmed that I was abducted, tortured, and extraordinarily renditioned from Kenya in violation of domestic and international law. “

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Nigeria FG accused of injustices against Nnamdi Kanu

 

FG accused of injustices against Nnamdi Kanu

A group campaigning for the rights of the Igbo people has accused the Federal Government of injustice against Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), and other detained Biafran activists.

 Scholastica Nwakaego Anyanwu, spokesperson of the IPOB Jewish Community, signed the statement and highlighted Kanu’s resilience, stating his case represents the wider struggle for justice and equality for the Igbo people. 

Anyanwu, who said she is living in exile, accused the APC-led government of persecuting the Igbo through killings, displacements, and forced exiles. 

She called on the international community to pay attention to what she described as human rights violations.

The group described Kanu as the face of their movement and praised his courage in standing up for the Igbo cause. 

It also condemned the alleged targeting of Biafran families, including the family of HRM Eze Israel Kanu, Nnamdi Kanu’s father.

 The group renewed its call for Kanu’s release, warning that the challenges faced by the Igbo community would not be ignored or forgotten.

In related developments, the All Igbo Youth Forum has threatened to boycott the 2027 general elections if Nnamdi Kanu is not released. 

The National President of the forum, Chief Chinedu Obilor, stated that the group shelved its planned protest over Kanu’s continued incarceration after discussions with the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Benjamin Kalu.

The Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed October 10 to decide whether or not to free Nnamdi Kanu from terrorism charges against him.

 IPOB has also raised legal questions ahead of the court ruling, urging the court to weigh them in determining the validity of the case.

The Federal Government has told the Federal High Court in Abuja that Nnamdi Kanu’s threat to break up Nigeria was not a mere empty threat but a deliberate one.

 Igbos in Rivers State have urged the Inspector General of Police to deploy adequate personnel to provide security for its proposed Igbo Festival billed to hold in the state.

The IPOB has been at the forefront of the renewed call for an independent state of Biafra. In 2020, the IPOB launched its armed wing called the Eastern Security Network aimed at protecting the Igbos.

Biafra news. : Nnamdi Kanu’s Lawyer Explains Why FG Must Release IPOB Leader

 

A member of the legal team defending the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu

Onyedikachi Ifedi Esq., has launched a scathing attack on what he described as “government-sponsored propaganda” against IPOB, insisting that the Federal Government has no legal grounds to continue holding Kanu in custody.

The lawyer in a statement sent to BIAFRA NEWS on Monday referenced the Canadian Court’s designation of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the major opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as terrorist groups arguing that it happened “in a jurisdiction where justice is not for sale.”

Recall after the court decision in the past week, the Federal government rejected the designation arguing it amounted to meddling in the internal affairs of the country and called the Canadian government to renounce it.

However, the lawyer who is a member of Nnamdi Kanu’s global defence team said, “while APC-controlled propaganda outlets call IPOB a terrorist group, the civilized world has already branded APC itself as the terrorist. The irony is self-evident.”

Ifedi also argued that Kanu’s abduction from Kenya in June 2021 was a breach of both domestic and international law.

“The Nigerian government abducted Mazi Nnamdi Kanu from Kenya in June 2021 in a classic case of extraordinary rendition — an act prohibited under both domestic Nigerian and international law,” he said.

He cited the Court of Appeal judgment in FRN v. Kanu (CA/ABJ/CR/625/2022) delivered on October 13, 2022, which held that Kanu’s rendition violated his fundamental rights and nullified the proceedings.

“Instead of respecting this binding judgment, the Nigerian Supreme Court in its 15 December 2023 ruling somersaulted, violating centuries of settled law by remitting a case that had already been nullified. That, dear reader, is the real theatre,” Ifedi added.

The lawyer accused the Federal Government of prosecuting Kanu under a repealed statute — the Terrorism Prevention (Amendment) Act 2013.

“The prosecution insists on trying Mazi Nnamdi Kanu under the Terrorism Prevention (Amendment) Act 2013, a law that had been repealed by Section 49 of the Terrorism Prevention and Prohibition Act 2022,” he noted.

“Therefore, every count predicated on the TPAA 2013 is a legal corpse. Yet the Nigerian judiciary continues to entertain it. That is theatre of the absurd.”

He cited the Supreme Court’s decision in FRN v. Ifegwu (2003) which held that “where a statute creating an offence is repealed, the offence and all liabilities created thereunder die a natural death.”

According to Ifedi, the government has failed to prove the basic elements of a criminal case against Kanu.

“No victim. No weapon. No violent act was attributed personally to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. At best, speeches and broadcasts — which are constitutionally protected under Section 39 of the 1999 Constitution and Article 9 of the African Charter,” he explained.

Citing Nwankwo v. State (1983), he added, “Mere expression of opinion, however distasteful to the government, cannot constitute a criminal offence unless it falls squarely within the statutory definition. Thus, criminalizing speech is nothing but dictatorship dressed as law.”

Ifedi further insisted that any appellate discharge of Kanu already amounts to acquittal in law.

“It is settled law that where an appellate court finds that the trial court lacked jurisdiction, or that the charge itself is fundamentally defective, the proper order is not a mere ‘discharge’ but an acquittal,” he said.

He cited Abacha v. State (2002), Ezeze v. State (2004) and Oladipo v. State (2013), which held that defective charges terminate proceedings in favour of the accused.

“Since the charges are founded on a repealed statute and brought in violation of jurisdiction through extraordinary rendition, any order of ‘discharge’ by an appellate court is in law an acquittal.

*To call it otherwise would expose Kanu to the spectre of double jeopardy expressly forbidden under Section 36(9) of the 1999 Constitution,” he maintained.

The lawyer further argued that the real “theatrics” are not in IPOB’s agitation but in Abuja’s legal and political maneuvers

“Theatrics are not in IPOB’s demand for acquittal. The real theatrics are: a Supreme Court that upholds a repealed law, a prosecution that cannot prove actus reus or mens rea, a government that commits international crimes yet seeks to sit in judgment over its victim, and propaganda outlets that hide under faceless authorship instead of engaging the law,” he said.

“IPOB is not begging for acquittal; IPOB is demanding justice under the Constitution and international law. History, like law, is on IPOB’s side.”

Biafra news : Students Urge Tinubu To Order Unconditional Release Of Nnamdi Kanu

 

The Comrade Isah Atiku Abubakar-led National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called on President Bola Tinubu to intervene and order the immediate and unconditional release of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.

In a joint statement signed by its President, Comrade Isah Atiku Abubakar, and Public Relations Officer, Comrade Orowole Eniola, sent to BIAFRA NEWS on Tuesday, the students’ body said Kanu’s prolonged detention has become “a matter of serious concern” and urged the President to adopt a political solution to resolve the issue.

“Kanu has been in detention since June 27, 2021, after his arrest in Kenya and subsequent extradition to Nigeria

“It is evident that he has been granted bail on several occasions by courts of competent jurisdiction, yet those judgments have not been enforced nor officially denied by the Federal Government,” Abubakar said.

The association noted that several groups, leaders, and organisations across the country and beyond have also called for the IPOB leader’s release.

“Notable individuals, religious organisations, political groups, and international organisations, as well as Ohaneze Ndigbo, Umudioka community, governors and lawmakers—especially those from the South-East—have consistently demanded his unconditional release,”

 the statement read.

Following its meeting at Prince Abubakar Audu University, Anyigba, NANS resolved to formally approach the Presidency to present the demands of Nigerian students.

According to Comrade Abubakar, the request is not only about Kanu but about safeguarding national unity.

“We hereby appeal for the immediate and unconditional release of Mazi Nnamdi Okwu Kanu by recommending a political solution to the President, His Excellency Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, because we understand that the President believes in the rule of law and the unity of the country,” he said.

He stressed that continued detention sends the wrong signal to Nigerians, particularly the youth in the South-East.

“No section of the country should feel marginalised or be treated like second-class citizens. Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is a national asset to the country and should be allowed to contribute his quota,” the NANS president declared.

Also speaking, NANS PRO Comrade Orowole Eniola said Nigerian students expect President Tinubu to rise to the occasion as a statesman.

“Mr President has a historic opportunity to heal wounds and strengthen our democracy. Releasing Kanu will not only douse tension in the South-East but also reaffirm the belief that this administration is committed to justice and fairness,” 

he said.

NANS reaffirmed its commitment to national unity while urging the government to embrace dialogue over prolonged confrontation.

Biafra news : Ex-Lawmaker Urges Tinubu To Release Kanu For APC’s 2027 Votes

A former lawmaker who represented Oshodi-Isolo from 2015 to 2023 in the Lagos Assembly, Jude Idimogu, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to grant clemency to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.

Kanu, the leader of the self-determination movement, was arrested in Nairobi, Kenya, in 2021, brought to Nigeria, and had since been in custody facing trial.

Idimogu in an interview with NAN on Sunday in Lagos, said releasing Kanu would help the ruling APC in the South-East as the nation approaches the 2027 general elections.

 “It will add to our votes in the South-East. If the President can look at this issue, the South-East will never forget him but forever be grateful,” he said.

Idimogu urged well-meaning Nigerians including Igbo leaders, South-East governors to speak with one voice by appealing to the President to grant Kanu pardon.

He said that such pardon if granted would not be forgotten and would aid the party’s fortune in South-East in 2027 general elections.

The ex-lawmaker said, “I want to plead with our President, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to kindly see the need to use political means to grant Nnamdi Kanu clemency.

“I want to appeal to all well meaning Nigerians, not just those from Igbo extraction, to help plead with Mr President to use his good office to release Nnamdi Kanu.

“If this is done, I believe the insecurity situation and tension in the South- East will reduce if not completely curbed and eradicated.”

According to him, a lot of miscreants have been using Kanu’s name to cause mayhem and atrocities in the region.

Idimogu, who is the deputy leader of Ndigbo in Lagos APC, said that the release of Kanu has a lot of advantages both for the South-East and Nigeria.

He said that it would de-escalate the tension and make the economy of the region to come alive again.

“Mr President, kindly look at the South-East case and bring back businesses and trading long stagnated in the region because of insecurity.

“An average Igbo man is a trader. We cannot overlook this situation and the contributions of these traders in the South-East to the economy.

“South-East used to be home to a lot of people before now, it just suddenly changed to be dens of insecurity and other vices. This can be arrested with Kanu’s release.

“Mr President, we know you to be a father with a compassionate heart, please, help us in the South-East, grant Kanu freedom to stabilise our region,” Idimogu stated.

Biafra news. : Supreme Court Ruling On Nnamdi Kanu Violates African Charter — Lawyer

Calls IPOB Leader’s Trial ‘Judicial Mutiny

A legal practitioner, Onyedikachi Ifedi, has condemned the ongoing terrorism trial of Biafra agitator, Nnamdi Kanu, describing it as a judicial betrayal of the African Charter on human and peoples’ rights.

Kanu, who was forcefully returned to Nigeria from Kenya in 2021, is standing trial before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja.

But Ifedi insists the prosecution is unlawful because the African Charter, domesticated as part of Nigerian law, expressly prohibits extraordinary rendition and inhuman treatment.

In a statement on Thursday, the lawyer argued that any trial arising from Kanu’s abduction is unconstitutional, null, and contrary to binding precedent.

“To allow a prosecution tainted by kidnapping and torture to proceed against the Biafran leader is expressly forbidden by the Charter and confirmed by the larger constitutional bench of the Supreme Court of Nigeria,” he said.

Ifedi faulted the December 15, 2023 judgment of a five-man panel of the Supreme Court which ordered Kanu back for trial, insisting that a seven-man panel of the same court had earlier ruled that the illegal abduction and transfer of a person across borders without due process invalidates prosecution.

He described the ruling as a “judicial mutiny” against the Constitution and the African Charter.

“This was not merely a miscarriage of justice. It was per incuriam, delivered in ignorance of binding law, and thus a legal nullity,” he declared.

Citing the landmark decision in Abacha vs. Fawehinmi (2000), Ifedi stressed that the Supreme Court had already established the African Charter as enforceable domestic law, equal in status to constitutional provisions on fundamental rights.

By disregarding that precedent, he argued, the court undermined its own authority and went against human rights protection in Nigeria.

“The FRN vs. Kanu decision is void for failure to adhere to stare decisis and for arrogating to a five-man panel the unlawful power to overturn the decision of a seven-man constitutional bench,” he said.

He appealed to the federal government to comply with the earlier Court of Appeal judgment that discharged and acquitted Kanu on grounds of fundamental rights violations, urging that the trial be terminated to restore confidence in the rule of law.