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They Thought Locking Him Up Would Silence Him. They Were Wrong: The Cost Of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s Continued Detention.
Mazi Nnamdi Kanu Is More Than a Voice Of a People. He Has Become a Symbol Of Defiance Against Injustice, A Voice For The Voiceless And A Reminder That No People Should Be Expected To Remain Silent In The Face Of Oppression.
He Spoke When Many Were Afraid To Speak. He Challenged What Many Had Accepted As Normal. He Brought The Marginalisation, Killings, Insecurity And Longstanding Grievances Of The South-East Into National And International Conversations. He Gave Expression To Frustrations That Had Been Ignored For Far Too Long.
For Daring To Speak Out And Lead a Movement That Challenged The Nigerian Establishment, He Was Branded a Terror!st, Subjected To Extraordinary Rendition From Kenya And Kept Behind Bars For Years. But Imprisonment Has Not Erased Him. It Has Not Killed His Message, Silenced His Influence Or Made The Questions He Raised Disappear.
They May Have Locked Him Away, But They Have Not Locked Away The Grievances That Gave Rise To His Movement.
Every Day Mazi Nnamdi Kanu Remains Behind Bars, The Cost Of His Continued Detention Grows. Frustration Deepens, Anger Hardens, Grievances Intensify, And The Belief Spreads That The Nigerian State Would Rather Cage a Voice Than Confront The Issues He Raised. The Consequences Extend Beyond One Man. They Affect The People Who Identify With His Struggle And Reinforce Wider Questions About Justice, Fairness And Equal Treatment Under The Law.
His Continued Detention Has Not Weakened The Demand For His Release. It Has Sharpened It. It Has Not Made The South-East Forget. If Anything, It Has Intensified The Calls For Justice And Kept The Questions Surrounding His Case In The National And International Spotlight.
The Nigerian Government Must Understand That This Is Not a Problem That Can Be Postponed Indefinitely Or Brushed Aside As Though It Carries No Consequences. Keeping Mazi Nnamdi Kanu Behind Bars Does Not Resolve The Grievances Of The South-East, Erase The Questions Surrounding His Case Or Address The Concerns Of Those Who See Him As Their Voice.
His Freedom Should Not Be Treated As a Political Bargain Or A Favour To Be Granted. It Is The Minimum Demand Of Justice. It Is a Matter Of Justice That Demands Urgent Attention. Releasing Him Would Be An Important Step Towards Addressing The Wider Grievances And Restoring Confidence In The Principles Of Fairness And Equal Treatment.
No Prison Wall Can Bury The Grievances Of a People Who Believe They Have Been Denied Justice. No Amount Of Imprisonment Can Make The Issues He Raised Vanish.
His Voice Has Not Been Silenced.
His Influence Has Not Been Erased.
The Struggle Has Not Disappeared.
And The Questions He Raised Remain Unanswered.
Mazi Nnamdi Kanu Must Be Released. The Cost Of Keeping Him In Prison Can No Longer Be Ignored. They Thought Locking Him Up Would Silence Him. They Were Wrong!!!
#FreeMaziNnamdiKanuNow #FreeMNK
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Dateline: Aba, 12th March 2026:
The mother of all marches is underway. The faithfuls are gathering in their multitudes to peacefully rally for the release of MAZI NNAMDI KANU. Vox Populi, Vox Dei. #AbaMarch4MNK.
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OPEN LETTER TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC
By: Mazi Nnamdi Kanu
Greetings to all men and women of goodwill in Nigeria and elsewhere in the world.
I have been compelled by the events of the past few days to take the unusual step of writing this Open Letter for the singular purpose of calling the attention of the general public to the serial executive and judicial fraud being perpetrated against me since my extraordinary rendition in 2021. The details are as follows:
1, In a judgment entered on 1st March 2017, the Federal High Court Abuja ruled that the “IPOB is not an unlawful group”. At the time, it received widespread publicity which can be verified from: https://t.co/3zLtjtP68v. This landmark ruling (made by the court before it turned unjust) emanated in a criminal proceedings that required “proof beyond reasonable doubt” and in which the federal government and my humble self presented our respective cases. Alas! Instead of the federal government to go on appeal as the law mandated (if they are dissatisfied with the judgment), the former Attorney-General (Abubakar Malami) went behind closed doors with a letter signed by late Abba Kyari and got IPOB proscribed/tagged a terrorist group in an ex parte proceedings conducted without notice to me or to the IPOB. This abominable incident was the earliest sign yet that the government and its judiciary have struck an unholy and fraudulent alliance to deny me my rights and thereby imperil the lives and liberty of millions who identity with IPOB.
2. On 26th October 2022, a Federal High Court declared my extraordinary rendition and detention as unconstitutional, stating that: “the manner of arrest and detention of the Applicant (Mazi Nnamdi Kanu) in Kenya, his continued detention in Abuja, his subjection to physical and mental trauma by the Respondents, the inhuman and degrading treatment meted out to the Applicant amounts to a brazen violation of the Applicant's fundamental right to dignity of his person and threat to life under Section 34 (1)(a) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended)”. The Court further ordered the federal government to apologize to me and pay me compensation. In a responsible and well-ordered society, run by a responsible government, this judgment is sufficient to have ended my lengthy detention and encourage the federal government to constructively engage me on the issue of the self-determination agitation that triggered this whole saga.
3. Pedal back to 13th October 2022 when the Court of Appeal held that: “The Courts must never shy away from calling the executive to order when they resort to acts of "executive lawlessness". The duty of the Courts is to maintain a balance between ensuring that law and order is obeyed and the protection of the individual from oppressive actions by the executive. By the forcible abduction and extraordinary rendition of the Appellant (Mazi Nnamdi Kanu) from Kenya to this country on the 27th day of June 2021, in violation of international and state laws, the lower Court or indeed any Court in this country is divested of jurisdiction to entertain charges against the Appellant”. Despite the clarity of this judgment and its comportment with reason, the federal government refused to release me from detention while it went behind closed doors and connived with three other justices of the court of appeal who fraudulently and swiftly sat on appeal over the judgment and practically destroyed it by issuing what they termed “a stay of execution”. One may then ask: Is it not abominable for a court to stay a judgment the government already disobeyed? In a plethora of cases, the Supreme Court has held that anybody who disobeys a related court order cannot be given any judicial relief until such order is obeyed. This is a sound reasoning that applied to everybody but is fraudulently overlooked when it comes to my case.
A THREAD … Concluded in the next tweet.
The recurring fake News on me.
I have been made aware of a circulating fake News about my alleged arrest. Let me state unequivocally that these claims are entirely false.
I am currently at my home in Onitsha. Anambra State.
Such fake News on my person has become a pastime for some people.
Recall last year September, when I was in Rwanda, similar lies had gone out that DSS invaded my house; now, while I was in my home in Onitsha, Anambra State, they said I was arrested in Abuja.
The motive of these peddlers cannot be positive but let us not allow baseless rumors to distract us from the critical challenges we face as a nation.
I Thank the public for the concern, support, and dedication to the cause of a better Nigeria that is possible!!!
-PO