I Rather Die In Detention Than Get Tried By A Partial Court – Nnamdi Kanu

Nnamdi Kanu, the President of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), has declared that he will not stand trial in any court that does not uphold the rule of law.
Kanu was said to have revealed this in an open letter to address the matter of his court trials following his incarceration in Kenya.
In a letter titled “Open Letter to the General Public,” which his attorney, Aloy Ejimakor, published on Friday, the IPOB leader denounced the Federal Government’s purported decision to use the legal system to achieve its goals.

According to his account, Justice Binta Nyako, who had recused herself from his case, was forced to sit on the same case without appealing the court ruling that had done so.

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“Greetings from Nigeria and around the world to all good-willed men and women. After my extraordinary rendition in 2021, I have been subjected to a series of executive and judicial frauds, which have compelled me to take the unusual step of writing this Open Letter with the sole purpose of drawing the public’s attention to them,” he said.

Kanu stated that he would rather die in custody than be denied a fair trial. There are plenty of competent attorneys in the country who prefer to base their rulings on the Constitution, he said.

When I wrap up this open letter, I want to be clear that it should not be interpreted as indicating that there are no good Nigerian judges who can be relied upon to administer fair justice in my case. It’s not the problem.

Rather, the problem is that my case is purposefully being avoided by justices and judges who are thought to be dedicated to upholding the rule of law, even if it means that the federal government must lose. Regardless, if it means I have to spend the rest of my life in custody before I can appear before a fair and unbiased court, then so be it. Let me state this for everyone’s benefit, though: I will not submit to a trial run by a judge or court whose authority does not meet constitutional requirements. He said, “Never, never now.”