IPOB: Nnamdi Kanu’s fundamental rights case decided by court on January 19th

The hearing date for Nnamdi Kanu’s basic rights case in the High Court of Abia State has been set for January 19, 2022.

Aloy Ejimakor, his lawyer, announced this in a statement on Wednesday.

Justice Benson Anya of the High Court of Abia State in Umuahia heard and decided the case on December 10, 2021, according to Ejimakor.

The lawsuit, which I filed on August 27, 2021, seeks “a declaration that the Nigerian government’s military invasion of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s home in Abia State in September 2017 was illegal, unlawful, and unconstitutional, and amounts to an infringement of his fundamental rights to life, dignity of his person, personal liberty, and fair hearing, as guaranteed by the Nigerian Constitution and the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights.”

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“A declaration that the arrest of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu in Kenya by Nigerian government agents without due process of law is arbitrary, illegal, unlawful, and unconstitutional, and amounts to a violation of his fundamental rights to personal liberty and a fair trial, as guaranteed by the Nigerian Constitution and the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights.”

“A declaration that the Nigerian government’s torture and detention of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu in Kenya is illegal, unlawful, and unconstitutional, and amounts to a violation of his fundamental rights against torture and to a fair trial, as guaranteed by the Nigerian Constitution and the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights.”

“A declaration that the Nigerian government’s expulsion of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu from Kenya to Nigeria, as well as his subsequent detention and planned prosecution in Charge No: FHC/ABJ/CR/383/2015 (Federal Republic of Nigeria v. Nnamdi Kanu) are illegal, unlawful, and unconstitutional, and amount to an infringement of his fundamental rights against unlawful expulsion and detention, and to a fair hearing, as guaranteed by the Nigerian Constitution and

“An order of injunction prohibiting the Nigerian government from proceeding with the prosecution of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu in Charge No: FHC/ABJ/CR/383/2015 (Federal Republic of Nigeria v. Nnamdi Kanu) in connection with his unlawful deportation from Kenya to Nigeria.”

“An order directing and obliging the Nigerian government to immediately release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu from detention and restore him to his liberty, as of June 19, 2021; and to repatriate him to the United Kingdom, his place of domicile and citizenship.”

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“An order ordering the Nigerian government to write an official Letter of Apology to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu for the violation of his fundamental rights, and to publish said Letter of Apology in three national dailies.”