Ejimakor noted that the AGF’s office shunned legal procedures to hastily bring the IPOB leader from Kenya to Nigeria
Aloy Ejimakor, lawyer to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra , Nnamdi Kanu, has demanded why the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami , wants to follow due process in the extradition of Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, but avoided same in Kanu’s matter.
The lawyer stated these in an interview with Punch, while reacting to a statement by Malami’s Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Umar Gwandu, who said though the FBI was yet to officially write the AGF Office seeking the transfer of Kyari, everything would be done in line with the rule of law.
Ejimakor said, “I do not want to compare apples with oranges but what I can say is the difficulty through which the US is seeking for the transfer of Abba Kyari to the US is illustrative of what Nigeria should have done in the case of Nnamdi Kanu. Kanu probably would have been transferred by Kenya if extradition proceedings were commenced against him.
“I am not arranging judgment over Abba Kyari whether he committed it or not but the lesson everybody needs to learn, whether anybody is playing the tribal card or not, is: why would somebody believes that Abba Kyari deserves due process and the same person turns around and jubilate after the unlawful transfer otherwise known as extraordinary rendition of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and also seeks to jubilate over the attempted unlawful transfer of Igboho from Benin...
Nigeria Latest News, Nigeria Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
IPOB Threatens To Bring Down Nigeria's Economy, Gives Conditions To Buhari Government | Sahara ReportersThe separatist group also disclosed that as an institution, it can heed the advice of Igbo leaders if such is beneficial to its members.
Read more »
Biafra: We have big plans - Anambra govt, Police warn IPOB over sit-at-home orderThe Anambra State Government and the Police Command have said that measures will be put in place to ensure that the residents of the state would not be
Read more »
Nnamdi Kanu: We'll no longer tolerate detention of Biafra agitators in secret cells - IPOBThe Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Tuesday, called for the unconditional release of pro-Biafra agitators detained illegally in secret cells. IPOB's
Read more »
IPOB sit-at-home order unwise, says Ohanaeze, faults multiple checkpoints - Punch NewspapersThe most widely read newspaper in Nigeria
Read more »
Herdsmen kill eight in another Enugu attack, blame Nnamdi Kanu, IPOBNo fewer than eight persons have been murdered in Mgbuji community, Eha-Amufu, Isi-Uzo Local Government Area of Enugu State. The ambush carried out by
Read more »
Nnamdi Kanu Needs Advanced Medical Care – IPOB Leader’s Lawyer Insists After Fresh Visit | Sahara ReportersEjiofor, who visited Kanu on Monday, noted that Kanu extended greetings to his supporters worldwide and all foreign governments and institutions which were relentlessly following up.
Read more »