@ngoziora May chukwu okike abiama continue to bless and protect you and your cabinet for great and wonderful work you are doing for united states of Biafra.
PRESS RELEASE: 27th June, 2023
From: ALOY EJIMAKOR
RE: Releasing MAZI NNAMDI KANU is not an act of mercy but an act of doing the right thing
In the midst of the widespread calls for the release of Nnamdi Kanu and the high likelihood that some of these calls sound like or might be misconstrued as pleading for mercy, it has become necessary and urgent to issue the following clarifications:
1, The matter of releasing Nnamdi Kanu is not an act of mercy, executive clemency or even amnesty. Instead, it’s an act of doing the right by simply complying with the subsisting municipal Court Order or the standing international Tribunal Decision that independently declared his detention illegal. Alternatively, the decision can also properly proceed through a sound invocation of the copious constitutional provisions on discontinuation of prosecutions, such as this one that is irredeemably unsustainable.
2, For avoidance of doubt, Nnamdi Kanu’s continuing detention is not legal but is, in the present circumstance, manifestly extrajudicial and unconstitutional to boot. Even the inception of his detention, following the rendition, was also not legal, because extraordinary rendition is an egregious State crime that destroys the legal capacity of the State to detain the victim of the rendition, in addition to also complicating the prosecutorial powers of the Sate against such victim.
3, It is pertinent to note that in the previous but related matter of the infamous proscription of IPOB and the attendant criminalization of its vast members by the Nigerian government in 2017, I promptly levied a continental legal challenge against the proscription, and in March 2018, the continental Tribunal ruled in favor of Nnamdi Kanu/IPOB and accordingly directed the Nigerian government to reverse the proscription and cease and desist from any further law enforcement actions against Nnamdi Kanu and IPOB members. Thus, the subsequent rendition of Nnamdi Kanu, the arrests, the detentions, the tortures, the disappearances and the widespread extrajudicial killings of IPOB members should not have happened had the authorities complied with this landmark continental Decision.
4, It is relevant to stress the fact that following the rendition, I had also initiated a complex constitutional suit against the government of Nigeria, and on 26th October 2022, the Federal High Court ruled in favor of Nnamdi Kanu and accordingly declared both the extraordinary rendition and the consequent detention as flagrant violations of the Constitution. Thus, Nnamdi Kanu’s release from detention vested from the very day this judgment was given, and the days are still counting to this day because the judgment is extant and not stayed. Therefore, if Nigeria truly respects her Constitution and her Courts, it will be needless to be constantly calling on the authorities to release Nnamdi Kanu on a competent judgment that unambiguously ordered his release.
5, Recall also that in July 2022, the United Nations, in a highly critical Opinion, unequivocally directed that Nnamdi Kanu should be freed unconditionally and even went further to call on Nigeria to pay reparations to him as recompense for the rendition. As a bonafide member of the United Nations, Nigeria is bound by treaty and customary international law to faithfully comply with this directive. Failing to do so stigmatizes Nigeria as a nation that lacks respect for the United Nations - the same institution that passed the historic Resolution that legalized self determination and thus saw to Nigeria’s Independence.
Seven key points in the IPOB PRESS RELEASE. 'IRREDEEMABLE NIGERIA IS A BRITISH YOKE TO STOP BIAFRA POTENTIAL'.
03/06/2023
1. The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) believes that #Nigeria was designed to spite Ndigbo.
2. IPOB is calling for Ndigbo to support our fight for self-determination through a United Nations-supervised #Biafra Referendum.
3. Igbo sons and daughters both home and abroad should jettison #Nigeria and support the restoration of #Biafra.
4. #Ndigbo politicians, businessmen, and women need to have a rethink on #Nigeria and openly or covertly support the agitation for #Biafra sovereignty.
5. Records of supporters and betrayers are being kept, and each will be rewarded according to their deeds in due time.
6. Those piloting #Nigeria affairs have shown that #Ndigbo are neither accepted nor wanted in #Nigeria.
7. #Biafra has the potential to become a superpower but #Nigeria is a #British yoke of burden preventing them from reaching their potential.
Summarized by: @ipob_central@real_IpobDOS@BiafranTweets@ChinasaNworu@ChathamHouse@AnyaoraChukwu@EmekaGift100@IPOBInUK@GuardianNigeria@IpobQueensland@OformaParadise@ParallelFacts
Re- To the British government (@UKParliament) and their allies in the USA (@StateDept), a demand to END arms supply to #Nigeria.
Dear Sir (@POTUS, @RishiSunak),
I am completely dismayed by the fact that the #British government and its allies in the #USA have been supplying arms to the @NigeriaGov despite the overwhelming evidence that these weapons are being used to kill innocent people, including children, in the ongoing conflict in #Biafra region.
The fact that this is not the first time the #Britishgovernment has supplied arms to #Nigeria for use in this region is even more concerning.
It is hard to understand why the #Britishgovernment has been so indifferent to the suffering of the #Igbos in the #Biafra region and Nigeria at large and why they have continued to supply arms to a government that has a proven track record of targeting innocent civilians with deadly force.
As a Pro Self-determination activist (#IPOB), I urge you to end this immoral and unethical practice immediately and to demand accountability from the #Nigerian government for its actions.
The #Biafra conflict has claimed countless lives over the past 52 years, and it is time for the @10DowningStreet, @StateDept to take a stand against the use of violence and oppression as a means of suppressing the legitimate aspirations of the #Biafrans.
A call for a #referendum is not a call for war, and the international community (@UN etc) must support the peaceful resolution of this protracted conflict.
I implore you to consider the humanitarian consequences of your actions and to take immediate steps to end the arms supply to #Nigeria.
The killing of innocent people must stop, and it is up to the #British government & #USAGovernement to do its part in ensuring that human rights are respected, protected, and upheld, irrespective of the political and economic interests at stake.
Sincerely,
IPOB Liverpool Central
27/05/2023
#FreeMaziNnamdiKanu
#BiafraExit
#DeclareNigeriaAPariahStateNow
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Rusk cautioned against the United States assuming the role of a supervisor in Nigeria's unity. "Rusk said that the United state should, and I quote, “be very careful about nominating ourselves as a supervisor of Nigeria Unity.” Amb.Petterson. 1996.
However, I am apprehensive that the current U.S. Embassy in Nigeria (@USinNigeria ) is attempting to do just that, a stance Ambassador Rusk had opposed in the past.
The U.S. Administration must uphold the rule of law and its foreign policy while adhering to the fundamental values that America has upheld for centuries.
Among these values is respect for self-determination. The USA cannot be seen to be in alignment with an oppressive @NigeriaGov regime in promoting propaganda against the #Biafrans that could potentially incite another #genocide.
The available evidence points to a perilous trend, which validates our concern that the plan is premeditated, and we urge the US President (@POTUS) to abandon it.
It is deeply concerning that #Nigeria is seeking international support to suppress the #Igbo people.
The evidence points towards a plan to exterminate the #Igbo race and the @HQNigerianArmy is seeking international cover to massacre our people.
This is unacceptable and violates basic human rights. It is also alarming that #Nigeria is reportedly lobbying against #IPOB and using media propaganda to demonize the #Biafran struggle for independence.
The US must uphold its values and stand against these human rights violations.
The plan to use #Tucano Jet must be halted to prevent further harm to our people. We know such plans exist reason there are intensified efforts to link #IPOB with the government-sponsored attacks in the South-East of Niggar-Area.
A call for a #Rederendum is not a call for war.
Thank you.
IPOB Liverpool Central
19/05/2023
#FreeMaziNnamdiKanuNow
#BiafraReferendum
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@RishiSunak@officialABAT That's prove that the kidnapping and continued illegal detention in DSS dungeon of our (IPOB) leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and massacre of Biafrans and other indigenous people in the business empire of the British called Nigeria is the hand work of British government.
I will refer briefly to three cases by way of example. Britain supplied weapons to the Nigerian state, thereby assisting Nigeria in its repression of the Biafra independ- ence movement during the civil war of the late 1960s (Curtis 2004: 161-83). Ruth Blakeley.