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The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has declared that he would prefer to remain in detention for the rest of his life rather than be tried by a corrupt and biased court or judge.

Kanu made this statement in an open letter to the public, which he personally signed from his detention at the Department of State Services (DSS). The letter was made available through his Special Counsel, Barrister Aloy Ejimakor.

Kanu vowed that “if it will take the rest of my life in detention to produce me before a proper and impartial court, so be it”.

“But let me say this for the world to know: I will not succumb to any trial conducted by any judge or court whose jurisdiction does not constitutional muster. Not now, not ever,” he said in the letter.

“I have been compelled by the events of the past few days to take the unusual step of writing this Open Letter for the singular purpose of calling the attention of the general public to the serial executive and judicial fraud being perpetrated against me since my extraordinary rendition in 2021,” Kanu said.

He recalled that in a judgment entered on March 1, 2017, the Federal High Court in Abuja ruled that the “IPOB is not an unlawful group”.

“This landmark ruling made by the court before it turned unjust emanated in criminal proceedings that required “proof beyond reasonable doubt” and in which the federal government and my humble self presented our respective cases.

“Alas! Instead of the federal government to go on appeal as the law mandated (if they are dissatisfied with the judgment), the former Attorney-General, Abubakar Malami, went behind closed doors with a letter signed by late Abba Kyari and got IPOB proscribed/tagged a terrorist group in an ex parte proceeding conducted without notice to me or to the IPOB.

“This abominable incident was the earliest sign yet that the government and its judiciary have struck an unholy and fraudulent alliance to deny me my rights and thereby imperil the lives and liberty of millions who identify with IPOB.”

He further recalled that on October 26, 2022, a Federal High Court declared his extraordinary rendition and detention as unconstitutional.

According to the IPOB leader, the court stated that the “manner of arrest and detention of the Applicant (Mazi Nnamdi Kanu) in Kenya, his continued detention in Abuja, his subjection to physical and mental trauma by the Respondents”.

“The inhuman and degrading treatment meted out to the Applicant amounts to a brazen violation of the Applicant's fundamental right to dignity of his person and threat to life under Section 34 (1)(a) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended),” he quoted the court as saying.

He noted that the court further ordered the Nigerian government to apologise to him and pay him compensation.

Kanu said, “In a responsible and well-ordered society, run by a responsible government, this judgment is sufficient to have ended my lengthy detention and encourage the federal government to constructively engage me on the issue of the self-determination agitation that triggered this whole saga.”

He also recalled that on October 13, 2022, the Court of Appeal held that “courts must never shy away from calling the executive to order when they resort to acts of ‘executive lawlessness’”.

Quoting the Court of Appeal, he said, “The duty of the Courts is to maintain a balance between ensuring that law and order is obeyed and the protection of the individual from oppressive actions by the executive.

“By the forcible abduction and extraordinary rendition of the Appellant (Mazi Nnamdi Kanu) from Kenya to this country on the day of June 27, 2021, in violation of international and state laws, the lower Court or indeed any Court in this country is divested of jurisdiction to entertain charges against the Appellant.”

Kanu noted that despite the clarity of the Appeal Court judgment and its comportment with reason, the Nigerian government refused to release him from detention.

“It went behind closed doors and connived with three other justices of the Court of Appeal who fraudulently and swiftly sat on appeal over the judgment and practically destroyed it by issuing what they termed ‘a stay of execution,’” he said.

“One may then ask: Is it not abominable for a court to stay a judgment the government already disobeyed?” he said.

He further stated that in multiple cases, the Supreme Court has held that anybody who disobeys a related court order cannot be given any judicial relief until such order is obeyed.

He said, “This is a sound reasoning that applies to everybody but is fraudulently overlooked when it comes to my case.

“Fast forward to December 15, 2023 when the Supreme Court sent back my case to the Federal High Court for trial.

“For the avoidance of doubt, that was not the only decision the Supreme Court made. It also decided that my bail should not have been revoked and it went on to state clearly that the judge exhibited significant and unacceptable bias by revoking my bail.

“In a sane society, one would expect that when the High court received my case from the Supreme Court and hunkered down for trial, it was also duty-bound to restore my bail in line with the pronouncement of the apex court.

“But that did not happen. Why?

“Well, your guess is as good as mine and that is, the Court connived with the federal government to continue my detention in violation of Section 287 of the Nigerian Constitution while they plotted to railroad me through an unfair trial that already has a predetermined verdict.”

He continued, “On September 24, 2024, I decided that I have had enough of taking my chances at getting justice from a judge that, in June 2021, sent me to secret police detention without fair hearing, later refused to transfer me to prison to better prepare for my trial and capped it all by refusing to restore my bail and instead ordered an accelerated trial in the face of the reality that I will never get a fair trial whilst detained at the DSS.

“These are the major reasons that compelled me to request recusal of the judge and having consented to it, she proceeded to make an order removing herself from my case. That order was never challenged on appeal, thus it remains extant to this day.

“But instead of the Chief judge of the Federal High Court to do the lawful thing by asg my case to another judge, he connived with the federal government to eat crow and send my case to a judge that stands recused by a valid order.

“To conclude this Open Letter, let me make it clear that it should in no way be construed to mean that there are no decent judges in Nigeria that can be trusted to deliver even-handed justice in my case.

“That is not the issue. Instead, the issue is that my case is deliberately being shielded from judges and justices that are deemed to be committed to doing justice even when it means that the federal government must lose.”

https://saharareporters.com/2025/02/16/id-rather-die-detention-face-trial-biased-judge-or-court-nnamdi-kanu

Let see if Shettima will consider you after 2031

Simon Ekpa what about you too?! You have also been arrested without bail in Finland. 🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪

Beerfraud my guy. The man who screams lgbo lgbo lgbo when making love to his wife. No wonder your wife go dey tweet while you people are having sex

You go tay for jail

nedu666:
Beerfraud my guy. The man who screams lgbo lgbo lgbo when making love to his wife. No wonder your wife go they tweet why you people are having sex

your lord n saviour will die in jail

No problem. Your choice. Tinubu finishes 2031 and Shetima 2039. Then Sanwo Olu till 2047. Good luck.

Sharpsharp00123:
your lord n saviour will die in jail

Siffa pains. All I see is tremendous amount of pains from wasiu the miscreant

The Onikuje of Kuje prison himself

Kuje beans sweet pizza and burger

helinues:


The Onikuje of Kuje himself

Kuje beans sweet pizza and burger

Anus my guy. Its been long. Wait make I check how many posts you have currently.

nedu666:


Anus my guy. Its been long. Wait make I check how many posts you have currently.

Oya check, that's what productive you do with your time

Good, then die their biko nobody will miss you except your deluded brain dead followers.

Die biko, do it quick.

helinues:


Oya check, that's what productive you do with your time

According to seun records, anus has 105k comments. Kai full grown boy with rough bear bear. E no go better for Tinibu if he leaves you in the same state buharo left you

U will not die Ohamadike..... God will keep u....

Hmmmmmm

You will rot in jail you bastard

Be careful what you wish for man.... d last time you escaped from Nigeria, u kept insulting buhari and people were hailing you, d same people set u up and gave up your location... Now u Don start again.. U go Tey for prison oh

I don talk am tire say this guy no get sense.
You are giving them credible reasons to not release you. See the man that wants revive biafra, everything no be gragra.

Your kinsmen have sold you. Just like they did to ojukwu during the civil war.

Agidi no be power.

nedu666:
Beerfraud my guy gurl . The man Woman who screams lgbo lgbo lgbo when making love to his her wife husband . No wonder your wife husband go dey tweet while you people are having sex

Sinedu I’m a woman of virtue

Respect this man or u remain a cowardly dog for life. Only shameless fooIs that rent their wives out for ashewō work to be able to pay their face-me-i-slap-u one room rent in mushin dont like this man.

A coward has nothing but disdain for the brave and courageous.

See them. Shameless even in their very old age

Ok

You won’t die strong man . God gat you. You will be free soon

Some ofe mmanu people will be wishing they had someone like this.

Kai.
That's why once the hear Nnamdi k.... on any thread, they run as fast as possible to come and get little wisdom and determination from him.
I don't blame them. Awoo, and tilimbu could not display this kind of determination and fearlessness.

See them on any topic that has igbo on it.

With your #8,000 naira POS business?

Sharpsharp00123:
your lord n saviour will die in jail

Anyhow, you are already in detention

Abeg die ooo

Arrogant boy.






Shiorrrrrr

coolitempa:
No problem. Your choice. Tinubu finishes 2031 and Shetima 2039. Then Sanwo Olu till 2047. Good luck.

let’s consider Wike too
He has tried

Without being sympathetic to Nnamdi Kanu, if a defendant has persistently voiced that he believes the judge is biased; maybe...just maybe he should be given the privilege of fair hearing.

You are a transgender of worthlessness.

beerfraud:
I’m a woman of virtue

And die in detention... You will

nedu666:


According to seun records, anus has 105k comments. Kai full grown boy with rough bear bear. E no go better for Tinibu if he leaves you in the same state buharo left you

Now that you have counted, send your details make I send you something.