The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mallam Abubakar Malami, has come under fire from the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) for his remarks about the ongoing detention of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu.
Remember how the Federal High Court in Umuahia, the capital of Abia State, ordered the Federal Government to send Kanu back to Kenya and pay him N500 million?
Malami responded to the decision on Thursday by stating that the IPOB leader’s rendition could not be the main justification for his release from the Department of State Services facility (DSS).
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In an interview with Newsmen, the minister stated that Kanu cannot be absolved of additional charges brought against him by the Federal Government using the court decision.
Malami pointed out that there are four main reasons why the government is still holding onto Kanu, all of which came before the rendition case in which the court exonerated him.
IPOB referred to Malami’s remarks regarding the court’s ruling on Kanu as disgusting and irresponsible in a statement released on Saturday by its spokesperson, Emma Powerful.
IPOB urged the minister to expand his legal understanding by claiming that all the accusations and cases Malami highlighted during his interview were included in those that were overturned by the appeals court.
The group further claimed Malami manipulated the legal system by removing the Appeal Court justices who had previously made a decision and replacing them with fresh ones. The appellate court refuted this claim.
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The statement read, “Malami transferred the Appeal Court justices who had displayed sincerity on the matter on October 13, 2022, in order to work on the minds of the newly appointed judges and has used them to order a stay of execution of justice which they carried out on Friday, October 28, 2022.
“What a shame to these judges who were just selected a week ago to carry out this injustice to allow the stay of execution of orders by the same court only two weeks ago. They have displayed their ignorance of the law and their willingness to act unjustly due to their lack of independence for allowing themselves to be used.
“Malami should go back and read his law books again because all the charges and cases he cited during his interview with the media were embedded in the cases quashed by the Appeal Court. He is just exhibiting ignorance and myopic understanding of the law and the Constitution of the same country he claims to be representing. He should redeem some of his credibility by simply obeying the court orders.
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“The world is watching his ignorance of the law. We are laughing at him because his reputation and that of Nigeria is going down everyday as they keep disobeying their own courts.
“Let Malami and his collaborators know that their hatred against Kanu and Ndigbo will destroy them and Nigeria soon. As Attorney General and Minister of Justice, he ought to uphold the laws, but has decided to be lawless and defiant to court orders, exposing the Federal Government as a Banana Republic that it is.
“Malami has no other option but to release Kanu and stop disgracing himself and the Federal Government. Nigeria has a lot of brilliant lawyers who are supposed to be appointed as attorneys.
“Those who understand the law should advise Malami and his co-conspirators in the Ministry of Justice to know that he is representing the Federal Government not a Sharia Court system or his All Progressives Congress party.”
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