IPOB PRESS RELEASE 17/12/2021 Following the extraordinary rendition of Mazi nnamdi Kanu from Kenya to Nigeria without proper docum...
IPOB PRESS RELEASE
17/12/2021
Following the extraordinary rendition of Mazi nnamdi Kanu
from Kenya to Nigeria without proper documentation for doing so and long
incarceration and detention of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu in DSS custody, we the global
movement and family of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) wish to state
categorically to the people of the world that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is now declared
Prisoner Of Concience.
In 2015 Nnamdi Kanu was first arrested and subjected to
egregious violation of his fundamental rights. After his miraculous escape from
the military invasion of his home in 2017, he was abuducted in Kenya and
renditioned to Nigeria in June this year.
Mazi Nnamdi KANU has been in DSS detention in Abuja ever
since then. We therefore, have to inform the world, mostly civilised countries
and Africa continent that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is fighting for the freedom and self-determination
of his people because under the United Nations Charter, to which Nigeria is a
signatory, self-determination is not a crime.
Under the African Union Charter. to which Nigeria is a
signatory, Self Determination is not a crime. Under the Laws of Federation of
Nigeria, particularly Article 20, CAP A9, self-determination is not a crime. As
a matter of fact and law, Self Determination is recognized as a right, both
domestically and internationally. Above all, Self Determination is a political
opinion, which is recognized as a fundamental right under the Nigerian
Constitution.
It’s a matter of public record that hundreds of concerned
citizens exercising their rights to peaceful protest, protested the
incarceration of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu but were massacred in cold blood by Nigerian
security services.
Many more were arrested without trial. Some disappeared and
have never been found till today.
During the military invasion of his residence, code named
operation Python dance, Mazi Kanu was almost
killed save for his miraculous escape.
In 2021 he was kidnapped by the Nigerian government in Kenya
and subjected to extraordinary rendition to Nigeria against his will and
against all norms and rules of international law.
In both instances, he committed no offence known to law. He
only advocated self-determination for his people and all oppressed peoples in
Nigeria.
He did so peacefully by articulating the decades of
oppression, marginalisation, inequality, Apartheid, brutality and genocide to
which his people and all oppressed peoples in Nigeria have been subjected.
And in light of those grievances he demanded a referendum on
self-determination and self-rule for the indigenous peoples of Biafra (IPOB)
and all aggrieved groups and lovers of freedom.
In doing so he bore no malice nor hate against any group. He
only demanded self-determination as enshrined in the African charter and the
United Nations charter both of which Nigeria is signatory.
In peacefully articulating the grievances of an injured and
oppressed people and in seeking self-determination for all such peoples; Nnamdi
Kanu broke no law within or outside Nigeria.
The indigenous peoples of Biafra (IPOB) has been, and remains a peaceful organisation, devoid
of any hate or violence and totally committed to its aims and objectives
through peaceful democratic means as recognised by international law.
Having regards therefore to all of the above and his continued extrajudicial detention; we
hereby declare Mazi Nnamdi Kanu a "Prisoner Of Conscience".
We do so because like Nelson Mandela, he broke no law nor
committed any offence. He only advocated freedom for his people from decades
long Apartheid level oppression and tyranny.
We use this opportunity to put the world on notice to ongoing
extrajudicial detentions, persecution and widespread human rights violations in
Nigeria.
In the same vein, we call
on the United States, the great state of Isreal, the European Union, the
African Union, the United Nations, Amnesty international, Human rights watch
and all lovers of freedom to intervene before it's too late.
COMRADE EMMA POWERFUL MEDIA AND PUBLICITY SECRETARY FOR IPOB
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