Nnamdi Kanu, the head of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), is represented by American attorney Bruce Fein, who has demanded that Nigeria be expelled from the UN for holding his client indefinitely.
This was stated in a letter that was written to the International Working Group, according to Anaedoonline.ng.
The UN Commission on Human Rights oversees the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNCHR).
The group consists of academics and industry professionals with expertise in human rights concerns and related regulations.
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The attorney urged the group to urge the United Nations Security Council to take into consideration suspending Nigeria from the organization for allegedly breaking the “Principles of the United Nations Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights” in the petition to the body.
Fein contended that it is illegal for a country to abduct, torture, and then extrajudicially extradite a citizen to another country while they are traveling.
The letter read in part, “This letter chronicles the continuing contemptuous defiance of this Group’s 20 July 2022 Opinion regarding Nnamdi Kanu by the Federal Government of Nigeria. The chief culprits are Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari and Attorney General Abubakar Malami.
“The Opinion requested the source to update the Working Group on the Government’s compliance.
“The Opinion found that Nnamdi Kanu’s detention, following kidnapping, torture, and extraordinary rendition, violates sixteen (16) international human rights covenants.
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“The Opinion called on the Government of Nigeria “to take urgent action to ensure the immediate unconditional release of Mr. Kanu.
“Accordingly, Mr. Kanu respectfully urges the Working Group to inform the Human Rights Council of Nigeria’s violation of the above-referenced Opinion and serial violations of law generally as regards himself. Mr. Kanu further urges that the Group recommend that the United Nations Security Council consider suspending Nigeria from the United Nations for persistently violating the Principles of the United Nations Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights until Nnamdi Kanu is unconditionally released as mandated by both international and Nigerian law.”
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