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    Kanu’s trial is an open trial, not a secret trial, says IPOB Lawyer, as he challenges plot to arrest, molest Kanu’s supporters by security agents

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    Kanu’s trial is an open trial, not a secret trial, says IPOB Lawyer, as he challenges plot to arrest, molest Kanu’s supporters by security agents

    PRESS RELEASE: 25th July, 2021

    Subject: Security agents must not molest those coming to show solidarity with Kanu

    From: Barrister Aloy Ejimakor, Special Counsel to Nnamdi Kanu

    This press statement is prompted by media reports indicating that those coming to Abuja to show solidarity with Mazi Nnamdi Kanu will be harassed or even arrested by security agents.

    Let me make it clear that while I am not calling on people or Kanu’s supporters to throng Abuja for the hearing on Monday, it’s important to state that anybody who wishes to come is not doing anything illegal, provided such a person comes in peace.

    Kanu’s trial is an open trial, not a secret trial and he’s presumed innocent until proven guilty. Therefore, anybody wishing to be associated with his trial by being present in Abuja is protected by his Constitutional right to freedom of association and movement.

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    So, my message to all supporters of Kanu and even to Nigerian government is simple and that is: Everybody should be strictly guided by the rule of law pertinent to why Nnamdi Kanu is facing these tribulations and trials.

    That pertinent rule of law is clearly codified by CAP A9, Laws of Federation of Nigeria, where it is stated at Article 20 that:

    “All peoples shall have the right to existence. They shall have the unquestionable and inalienable right to self-determination. They shall freely determine their political status and shall pursue their economic and social development according to the policy they have freely chosen”.

    Above is the fulcrum of every other crime the Nigerian government is alleging against Kanu. Therefore, once government recognizes that the enterprise upon which Kanu is engaged is expressly recognized or protected by laws, it will see that dialogue, not trials and violence, is the only legal pathway to containing it.

    I am saying this because the same Law that protects self determination also requires the government to accommodate it. Article 1 of that Law provides that Nigeria “shall recognise the rights, duties and freedoms enshrined in the Charter and shall undertake to adopt legislative or other measures to give effect to them”.

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    Further, subjecting Kanu to any trial under the circumstances of his extraordinary rendition will face lots of legal challenges. Where the government missed its way is believing that it can suppress the desire for self determination by means of punishment of some sort. History teaches that taking such a path ultimately proves fruitless,

    So, what is expected on Monday is not a trial in terms of taking evidence but a procedural routine Lawyers call ‘taking a plea’ or a re-arraignment on the amended Charges that might be brought.

    Should that happen, the procedure permits taking an adjournment to study the new Charges for the purpose of advising the defendant on the next steps.

    So, there’s nothing significant that will happen on Monday that warrants anybody, incjuding the government, to be jittery.

    Signed:
    Aloy Ejimakor
    Abuja: July 25, 2021

    arraignment Barr. Aloy Ejimakor Biafra agitation Mazi Nnamdi Kanu
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