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| Nnamdi Kanu |
Economic
Community of West African States, ECOWAS, Court of Justice has fixed November 8
to commence hearing in the suit filed before it by the embattled self acclaimed
leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu.
Presiding
judge, Micah Wright, fixed the date after a letter from the Federal Government
was presented before it explaining its inability to be in court for the trial.
In the
letter which was addressed to the court, the Federal Government explained that
it was before another court for a different matter and prayed the court to
adjourn the trial.
Opposing
the application for adjournment, Counsel to the plaintiff, Ifeanyi Ejiofor,
urged the court to discountenance the request for adjournment. He said the
request was a deliberate attempt by the government to frustrate the trial and
also continue to detain Kanu.
He
further requested the cost of N1 million as damages. Justice Wright after
listening to the submissions adjourned the case to Wednesday to commence
definite hearing but however, declined the request for cost by the applicant.
Kanu
had taken the Federal Government of Nigeria to the ECOWAS Court over his
continued unlawful detention.
In Suit
No. ECW/CCJ/APP/06/16 filed at the court in Abuja on Thursday March 3, 2016,
Kanu’s counsel, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, on behalfof his client claimed that his
continued detention violates Articles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14,
and 20 of the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights; Articles 1, 2, 3,
6, 9, 10, 12, 22 and 26 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights;
Articles
2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 12, 13, 17, 20, 21 and 25 of the Universal Declaration of
HumanRights; Article 22 Paragraph 1, of the Covenant of the League of Nations;
as well as Resolution 2625 (Xxv) of the United Nations Charter of 1970 and
Rulings of courts of competent jurisdiction and orders made directing the
defendants to release which were flagrantly disobeyed.
He
further attached photographs and video clips showing the ‘genocidal massacre’
and unlawful killing of his supporters and members during a civil protest in
Aba, Abia State.
Also joined
in the suit are the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice
and Director-General of State Security Services (SSS).
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