Kanu’s trial: Uphold Rule Of Law, Group Urges FG

A pro Biafra group, IPOB Jewish Community, has urged the federal government to uphold the rule of law in the current trial of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.

In a statement signed by the coordinator of the group, Chinedum Art Michael, it said it was disturbing that the Federal Government has refused to obey her own laws.

“How else does one explain the government refusing to obey a court order ordering the release of Nnamdi Kanu?”

The group said it defies simple logic that Justice Binta Nyako’s would insist on continuing to preside over the case of the IPOB leader after she recluse herself.

The group said there are countless examples of institutions of Nigerian government breaking their own laws to achieve a predetermined purpose in the case of Kanu.

“How does one rationalize the ‘kidnapping’ of Nnamdi Kanu by the Nigerian government, despite the law saying that kidnapping is a crime?

“How does one justify a judge passing a court order recusing herself from presiding a case, and at the same time, continue to preside over said case?”, the group queried.

The IPOB Jewish Community said they are in total support of Kanu demanding that the federal government should always uphold the rule of law.

It could be recalled that Kanu who appeared before Hon. Justice Binta Nyako na Monday had argued that the trial judge cannot try him as she had earlier excused herself from continuing with the trial of the IPOB leader who had claimed that he has no conviction that he was going to get justice in the hands of Nyako.

The IPOB leader had equally went ahead to claim that the Attorney General of the Federation doesn’t have the right to reassign his case to Justice Nyako after he (Kanu) rejected the continued hearing of his case in Hon. Justice Nyako’s court.