The deferred distribution of the Certified True Copy of the Supreme Court ruling regarding the incarcerated Biafra agitator has been bemoaned by the family of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), who is now in detention.
Speaking through Kanunta Kanu, the family claimed that the delay is evidence that the president, the judiciary, and the Nigerian institution are all legally terrorist organisations under the nation’s laws.
He went on to say that the purposeful delay in disclosing the CTC is an effort to impede the court proceedings aimed at obtaining justice for the IPOB leader.
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Anaedoonline.ng notes that on December 15, 2023, the Supreme Court declined to uphold the Appeal Court’s decision, which had earlier mandated Kanu’s immediate release.
The supreme court decided that Kanu’s trial ought to be remanded to a lower court with the proper authority.
However, Kanunta Kanu bemoaned the fact that the family’s attempts to pursue legal action to obtain justice for their son are being hampered by the CTC’s failure to make the verdict public a month after it was issued.
He claimed that the Nigerian government’s actions are a flagrant breach of the fundamentals of the rule of law and that the family believes there has been foul play.
He said: “Unlawfully withholding the CTC in the case of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has confirmed that Nigeria will not obey her treaty obligations.
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“These justices, the presidency and the Nigerian entity are officially terrorists according to the laws of Nigeria.”
Citing Section 2 (3)(f) of the Terrorism (Prevention & Prohibition) Act, 2022, Kanu said, “In this Act “act of terrorism” means an act wilfully performed with the intention of furthering an ideology, whether political, religious, racial, or ethnic and which violates the provisions of any international treaty or resolution to which Nigeria is a party, subject to the provisions of section 12 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999; and Cap C23, LFN 2004.”
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