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By Chukwuemeka Chimerue | For Biafra Writers
It is no longer news that part of the bail conditions handed down to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu by an Abuja High Court on April 14, 2017, emphasized that he must always present himself in court during trials. It is also not in doubt that the Nigerian government through its Army did not only by the illegal invasion and subsequent raids on the private home of the IPOB leader, violate his fundamental human rights while still enjoying his bail, but also breached the agreement it had with the court which otherwise could be referred to as “contempt of the court of law”.
The overt
disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority of the Nigerian
court of law by the Army and/or the Federal government is such that
should have a far-reaching consequence in saner climes, coupled with the
fact that someone’s privacy and fundamental rights were brazenly abused
in the process.
Therefore, as the upcoming court case on Tuesday, 17th October 2017, approaches, it is expected that the Nigerian army who laid siege on Kanu’s residence after which he was declared missing, should produce him to stand trial and this demand should not be taken for granted as a lot of things are currently at stake. In order to save themselves from frequent judicial disgrace and the unnecessary truncate of judicial process, the Nigerian government through its Army must produce Nnamdi Kanu in court to answer to his charges.
Therefore, as the upcoming court case on Tuesday, 17th October 2017, approaches, it is expected that the Nigerian army who laid siege on Kanu’s residence after which he was declared missing, should produce him to stand trial and this demand should not be taken for granted as a lot of things are currently at stake. In order to save themselves from frequent judicial disgrace and the unnecessary truncate of judicial process, the Nigerian government through its Army must produce Nnamdi Kanu in court to answer to his charges.
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