Kanu drags Buhari to
ECOWAS court
The leader of the Indigenous People of
Biafra (IPOB) and radio Biafra director Nnamdi Kanu has taken President
Muhammadu Buhari to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
court. In the case between Biafra leader and Nigeria dated March 3, 2016, Kanu
is suing for the violation of his rights and that of his colleagues, as well as
that of his supporters He names some of these violations in the case of his
unlawful detention and reported torture, extra-judicial detention and torture,
as well as the detention and murder of his followers all over Biafraland.
The mandate of the ECOWAS court is to
enable the observance of law and of the principles of equity and in the
interpretation and application of the provisions of the revised treat and all
other subsidiary legal instruments adopted by community. The leader of IPOB was
arrested by the State Security Service in Lagos in October 2015 on conspiracy
and terrorism charges. President Buhari during his maiden media chat said that
considering the weight of the crimes Kanu is accused committing against the
Nigeria, if he is allowed to enjoy any form of freedom, he is likely jump bail.
Reporting GWD………………………
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