Activist lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome has said the
self-determination struggle of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of
Biafra, IPOB, is constitutional.
Ozekhome said Kanu’s self-determination campaign was backed
by Article 20 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, African Charter of
Human and People’s Rights, as well as Article 3 and 4 of the United Nations
Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous People of 2007.
Speaking during the Handshake Across The Niger 2 in Enugu
State on Friday, the Senior Advocate of Nigeria stressed that Kanu’s agitation
was not illegal.
He urged President Muhammadu Buhari to order Kanu’s
immediate release.
According to Ozekhome: “For the information of those
harbouring the thought that it was an illegality or unconstitutionality, his
self-determination agitation, is in line with the Article 20 of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights (1948); African Charter of Human and People’s
Rights, Article 3&4 of United Nations Declaration of the Rights of
Indigenous People (2007), among others. Nigeria is a signatory to all these
statues.
“Please sir, on my bended knees, you can order the release
of Nnamdi Kanu today.
“You can do it through the Attorney General of the
Federation, who has the power to discontinue the case.”
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