The Ohanaeze Ndigbo has received a letter from Bruce Fein, the lawyer for Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra.
He warned the group not to straddle the legal line, noting that Nigeria intends to detain Kanu indefinitely without charge.
Kanu’s Special Counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, made the letter, dated May 31, 2022, available to journalists on Tuesday. It was addressed to George Obiozor, the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo.
Bruce Fein of Bruce Fein Law Firms in Washington, DC, exposed alleged plans by the federal government to imprison Nnamdi Kanu indefinitely without a trial, praying for either his death or his release in the letter.
“It’s become clear beyond a shadow of a doubt that the Fulani zealots have no evidence against him.” They want to keep Nnamdi Kanu in prison indefinitely without a trial, praying for his death or for the next administration to take over his fraudulent prosecution and wash their hands like Pontius Pilate,” according to the article.
“For nearly a year, Nnamdi Kanu has been punished by indefinite solitary confinement and denied access to needed nutrition, medical care, and counsel of choice, in violation of international human rights law and the Nigerian Constitution,” the letter stated. (The Fulani government is well-known for violating the Constitution rather than following it.) Nnamdi Kanu’s right to a public, speedy, and fair trial before a neutral judge has also been violated.
“Nnamdi Kanu’s charges have been amended three times by the Fulani. They will always be ambiguous. They infringe on the right of every people to self-determination guaranteed by international law, as enshrined in Article 1 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and Article 3 of the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 61/295, Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2007). After more than 11 months since Nnamdi Kanu’s detention in Abuja, despite armies of lawyers and investigators, the Fulani are still unprepared for trial. No trial date has been set yet.”
“Face up to your legal and moral responsibilities as professed Biafran leaders,” Fein, who is Nnamdi Kanu’s international lawyer and spokesperson, further warned Ohanaeze. When danger appears, keep your heels hidden.
“To those who are given much, much will be expected.” 12:48 (KJV) To allow evil to triumph, all that is required is for good people to do nothing.
“Nnamdi Kanu is one of you; he was born on the same soil, was raised on the same food, was buoyed by the same music and dances, was nurtured by the same culture, and was inspired by the same flag. Like Moses and Pharaoh in the Old Testament, he has risked everything (including dodging bullets from assassins) to save the Biafran people from the Fulani-controlled Nigerian government’s cruel oppression and genocide.”
“A bail hearing had been set by Justice Binta Nyako for May 26,” Fein said, adding that the prosecution reached a new level of farce on May 25, 2022. Bail has been denied based on the absurd claim that Nnamdi Kanu jumped bail in September 2017 when he narrowly escaped an assassination attempt by exercising his inalienable right to self-defense when Nigerian security forces sprayed bullets into his home, killing many others. For that egregious and well-known violation of fundamental rights, an Abia High Court has awarded Nnamdi Kanu 5 billion naira.
“Justice Nyako announced through the court Registrar the day before the bail hearing that she had become “indisposed” and had rescheduled the case for June 28, 2022.” Couldn’t the Justice invent a more plausible excuse, such as Covid’s illness? A mild illness that lasts days is referred to as “indisposed.” A more likely explanation is that Attorney General Abubakar Malami, acting on President Muhammadu Buhari’s instructions, ordered Nyako to postpone the proceedings once more because the prosecution lacks evidence.
“Put your faith in it.” The June 28 bail hearing will be postponed indefinitely unless public condemnation of Nnamdi Kanu’s ongoing political persecution resounds like a hammer on an anvil, demanding his release and the dismissal of the false charges with prejudice. The inhumane treatment meted out to Nnamdi Kanu without trial will continue in flagrant violation of the Nigerian Constitution and international law.
“You have a legal and moral obligation to speak out publicly against this travesty of justice that causes the Biafran people daily misery.” Don’t betray the noble cause by becoming traitors. Take a fraction of the risk that Nnamdi Kanu took to reclaim Biafran independence. It was taken over a century ago by the British, and the Fulani have refused to return it without resorting to genocide.
“It’s not okay to be silent. There is no such thing as neutrality between a firefighter and a fire. It’s impossible to avoid history’s verdict. Demonstrate that you’re tougher than a bunch of quislings.”
In a criminal conspiracy involving Nigeria and Kenya, Nnamdi Kanu was kidnapped, tortured for several days, and extraterritorially renditioned from Nairobi to Abuja in June.
“The conspiracy was part of an ongoing Nigerian genocide of Biafrans, which the Genocide Convention prohibits,” Fein explained. Killings, rape, plunder, starvation, theft of real and personal property, and collective denial of livelihood are all part of the plan to exterminate them.”
