Coalition of Igbo-British lawyers condemns illegal extradition, detention of Nnamdi Kanu

▪︎Gives Nigerian Govt. 48 hours to return him to the UK

Coalition of Igbo-British lawyers has condemned the illegal detention and subsequent handing over of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Mazi Nnamdi Kanu to the Nigerian government by the Kenyan Government.

In a statement signed by Attorney E.R. Okoroafor in Glasgow, United Kingdom, the coalition described the the manner of arrest and returning to Nigeria of Nnamdi Kanu as illegal and archaic.

They accused Kenyan Government of illegal detention of the leader of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and subsequent handing him over to the Nigerian Government without passing through the due process.

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The Coalition noted that Kanu entered Kenya with his British passport and the Kenya government was fully aware of his citizenship status but still went ahead to perpetrate their illegal act “which does not only breach the personal human rights of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu but also undermine the sovereignty of the British government.”

They said the statement was a pre-action notice to the Kenyan Government as they “shall be heading to the International Criminal Court to rectify the injustice done as it is trite law that injustice to one is injustice to all.”

The Coalition also informed the Nigerian Government to return Mazi Nnamdi Kanu to the United Kingdom within 48 hours and that “if he has any charges to answer to, they should as a nation that is governed by the constitution, pass through the legal means of filing an extradiction notice” adding that failing to do so, they shall not hesitate to “term this a declaration of war on not only Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and IPOB but on all Igbos generally.”

The coalition said it would vehemently resist this with all apparatus of law available at its disposal.

The Coalition also warned the Nigerian government that no bodily harm whatsoever must be done to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu to avoid a total breakdown of law and other in the fast-crumbling entity called Nigeria.