Nnamdi Kanu, the head of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), is currently imprisoned. Aloy Ejimakor, the special counsel, has pleaded for his release.
Remember that Kanu was released by an Abuja appeals court last week, but Abubakar Malami, the attorney general and minister of justice said that Kanu had not been freed since there were still proceedings against him.
In a statement, Ejimakor pleaded with the international community to step in and persuade Nigeria to follow the court's ruling to release Kanu.
He wrote: “Following the extraordinary rendition of Nnamdi Kanu last year, John Campbell, the former US Ambassador to Nigeria cautioned in a tweet that Nigeria cannot afford any more ‘mishandling’ of the matter of Nnamdi Kanu for the sake of safety and security of the nation.
“Nigeria’s disobedience of a 2018 decision of a continental tribunal on Kanu was the first ‘mishandling’. The extraordinary rendition was the second. Putting Kanu on trial was the third. Disobeying the United Nations was the fourth. And the likelihood of disobeying the judgment of the Court of Appeal will be the fifth.
“Nigerians of means and influence, and the international community to intervene in persuading Nigeria to promptly comply with the court order which discharged Kanu from all the criminal charges pending against him.”