The Afaraukwu Ibeku indigenous community in Umuahia North Local Government Area (LGA) of Abia State has voiced dissatisfaction with the Supreme Court’s decision to reverse the Appeal Court’s order regarding IPOB leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
The Federal High Court must hold Kanu’s trial, the Supreme Court said on Friday, upholding the Federal Government’s appeal.
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The Supreme Court concluded that the Court of Appeal erred in holding that Kanu could not be tried again due to the illegality committed against him by the Federal Government after their invasion of his home. The ruling was authored by Justice Garba Lawal and delivered by Justice Emmanuel Agim.
The court further declared that even though Kanu was unjustly and carelessly extradited from Kenya by the Nigerian government, this illegal action did not prevent any court from continuing with the trial.
However, the residents of Mazi Nnamdi’s community of Afaraukwu Ibeku, who spoke to Obasanjo News24 on Friday night over the verdict, called the Supreme Court decision a major embarrassment to the Nigerian court and a setback for human rights.
Ikechuckwu Ndubueze, a former president general of the Afaraukwu community, stated that the Supreme Court’s decision went against justice.
He questioned how the highest court in the land, which had admitted that Kanu had been wrongfully detained and transported into Nigeria illegally from Kenya, could then overturn the previous decision made by the Appeal Court, which had set the IPOB leader free.
Ndubueze, who referred to Nnamdi Kanu as a prophet, declared that the Nigerian legal system was no longer a place for justice and added that contradictory rulings rendered by courts established after elections had supported Kanu’s positions.
He issued a warning, saying that their son Nnamdi Kanu must not suffer any harm while he is in custody because his kinsmen will not stand for it.
The President General claims that Kanu’s demand for Biafra is now even more legitimate in light of the country’s overwhelming injustice.
“Nnamdi Kanu must return to Ibekuland without a doubt, and while he is detained, nothing bad must happen to him. He said, “We, the Ibeku people, are brave and would never allow any harm to come to our kid.
He questioned why the African Union, ECOWAS, and United Nations charters, which uphold human rights rules, were not being honoured by the federal government.
Many Afaraukwu natives were planned to hold a large celebration in their homes on Friday, but they postponed it following the Supreme Court’s ruling, according to information obtained by Obasanjo News24.
