President Muhammadu Buhari has been warned by HURIWA that any further illegal detention of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, would be considered kidnapping.
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, also accused Justice Minister Abubakar Malami of acting out the script of Miyetti Allah cattle sellers.
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The rights group said the President must stop playing the “toxic Northern ethnic card” and obey the court’s decision to release the IPOB man.
The group also criticized President Muhammadu Buhari’s newly formed national security council, which recommended that Nnamdi Kanu remain in detaintion, describing the recommendation as a clear violation of the appellate court’s binding decision.
Here is a statement from the group:
“The position of the Federal Attorney-General on the Court of Appeal’s considered judgment on Nnamdi Kanu is pedestrian, puerile, and laughable,” HURIWA’s statement, signed by Emmanuel Onwubiko, the group’s national coordinator, said.
“Any further detention of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu would amount to active hostage-taking and an outright criminal case of kidnapping, which is actionable.
“We wonder why a lawyer of Malami’s illustrious status adorning the title of a Senior Advocate of Nigeria is now speaking like a one-hundred-level law student of one road-side law faculty in the corner of Nigeria.
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“This holder of the High office of the AGF must take note that history won’t be kind to him for constantly been seen arguing against the principles of the rule of law when he ought to speak and act as the unbiased chief law officer of the federation and not of Miyetti Allah Cattle Owners Association.”
