Aloy Ejimakor, the Special Counsel to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, says he has filed a complaint with the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), requesting it holds Nigeria to it’s treaty obligations against Extraordinary Rendition’.
Extraordinary rendition is the practice of kidnapping or capturing people and sending them to countries that use torture or abuse in interrogations. IPOB proponents insist Kanu was abducted, not arrested in Nairobi Kenya, and they are contending the legality of seizing the Director of Radio Biafra in a land he is not a citizen of.
According to the legal practitioner, “the trial within trial has started”.
“UPDATE: In addition to the various legal, diplomatic & political battles for His Excellency, I’ve today filed a Complaint with the African Union’s ACHPR, asking it to hold Nigeria to its treaty obligations against Extraordinary Rendition. The trial within trial has started,” Ejimakor wrote on his known Twitter handle on Thursday.
Recall that Kanu was “intercepted” in Kenya on June 18th but was extradited to Nigeria on June 27th.
Kanu had fled Nigeria in 2017, after security forces reportedly stormed his house at Afaraukwu, Umuahia in Abia State, at the period he was on bail.
