The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has sued the Nigerian government and its leadership over the proscription of the organisation. The IPOB leader is seeking an order that self-determination is not a crime and thus cannot be used as a basis to arrest, detain and prosecute him and the members of IPOB. The matter was filed before an Enugu State High Court in Southeast Nigeria.
Nnamdi Kanu Sues Nigerian Government, Southeast Governors, Others For Tagging IPOB As Terrorist OrganisationThe detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra , Nnamdi Kanu has sued the Nigerian government and its leadership over the proscription of the organisation.
The suit commenced with originating Application Brought Pursuant to Order II Rules 1 & 2 of the Fundamental Rights Rules 2009, Section 42 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 , Articles 2, 3, 19 & 20 of the African Charter on Human and People's Right Act and under the jurisdiction of the Court as preserved by Sections 6 and 46 of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 .
In the suit filed through his special counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, Kanu wants the court to among others restrain and prohibit the Respondents from taking any further step in “any criminal prosecutions of the Applicant and members of IPOB on the basis of the said proscription of IPOB and its listing as a terrorist group”.
He argued that “professing the political opinion of self-determination and the consequent arrest, detention and prosecution of the Applicant as a member/leader of said IPOB is illegal, unlawful, unconstitutional”.
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