Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has demanded N20 billion in compensation from Abubakar Malami, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice.
Kanu sought restitution following defamatory and libellous claims made against him by Malami who claimed that the leader of IPOB jumped bail.
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The IPOB leader’s special lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, said that Malami’s claim that he jumped bail despite a court order clearing him was libellous.
The special counsel to Kanu, Ejimakor stated this in a letter addressed to Malami that was titled, “RE: Pre-action notice and formal demand for settlement of the claim of defamation/libel of the character of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu grounded on your false, defamatory and libellous publications that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu jumped bail.”
Part of the letter reads, “The sum of N20,000,000,000.00 (Twenty Billion Naira only) being general and exemplary damages.
“An unreserved personal letter of apology, to be prominently and boldly published full-page in two Nigerian Newspapers of national circulation, namely: Guardian Newspaper and Sun Newspaper.
“You shall write and deliver to your superior officer(s) and/or your employer(s) a Legal Opinion to the effect that our Client did not jump bail in view of the 19th January 2022 Judgment of the High Court of Abia State.”
Malami was quoted as saying, “To release or not to release Nnamdi Kanu is a function of law and the rule of law for that matter. In arriving at a decision on whether to release or not release, is one; you look at the rule of law, two; you look at the public and the national interest, three; you look at the security situation, four; you look at the international diplomacy.
“Let me talk first of the rule of law. This is someone that has been granted bail on account of charges that have been preferred against him at the court. Someone jumping bail to the international community, a case of a fugitive is established against the background of jumping the bail.”
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Malami has continued to neglect the fact that the federal government thugs; the military had invaded Kanu’s premises at Isiama Afaraukwu Ibeku, Abia State on 10th September 2017, in which over 28 armless civilians being murdered in cold blood, which led to Kanu fleeing the country.
The invasion was contested in court and was ruled a violation of Kanu’s fundamental human rights and was described by the court as illegal, unlawful, and unconstitutional.
