UN has affirmed separatist agitation—legal, referendum—legitimate, Kalu’s lawyer, Ejimakor says

Barrister Aloy Ejimakor, a lawyer to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has said that the United Nations has affirmed that separatist agitation is legal and that referendum is a legitimate tool for settling separatist agitations.

Barrister Ejimakor made the remarks on his Twitter handle @AloyEjimakor on Friday, citing the recent directives from the United Nations.

It could be recalled that the UN Human Rights Council Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, recently asked the Nigerian Government to, “immediate release Kanu unconditionally” and pay him adequate compensations for the arbitrary violation of his fundamental human rights.

UN indicted both Nigeria and Kenya Governments for the arrest and extraordinary rendition, torture and continued detention of the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, without due process.

Reacting to the directive, Ejimakor upheld the decision as affirmation that separatist agitation is legal and that referendum is legitimate.

He also recalled that Nigeria gained Adamawa through referendum, while losing Southern Cameroon through same process without consequences.

He tweeted:

“The United Nations directives on #MNK affirmed that separatist agitation is legal & that referendum is a legitimate tool for settling it.

“Nigeria gained Adamawa & lost Southern Cameroon through referendum & nobody was detained, killed or extraordinarily renditioned.”

The United Nations directives on #MNK affirmed that separatist agitation is legal & that referendum is a legitimate tool for settling it.

Nigeria gained Adamawa & lost Southern Cameroon through referendum & nobody was detained, killed or extraordinarily renditioned.

— aloy ejimakor (@AloyEjimakor) August 5, 2022

When contacted by News Band correspondent for clarification, he added:

“It is referendum that made Abubakar Atiku a Nigerian and which may as yet make him President.

“It’s through referendum that Midwest Region came into being in 1964.

“This is all within Nigeria; not counting the many nations that were created through referendum, such as Eritrea, Kosovo, South Sudan, etc.

“The problem is not the separatist agitation, IPOB or Nnamdi Kanu.

“The problem is the misguided militarist response to it, which, instead of containing it, is actually validating the agitation and convulsing Southeast and Nigeria to boot”.

In a related development, Ejimakor earlier paid a visit to Nnamdi Kanu in court.

Informing about the latest development on his twitter handle, he noted that Kanu was cheery and happy to see his relatives who were part of the entourage.

According to him, Kanu however expressed sadness over the continued detention of all prisoners of conscience in the Biafra struggle, including Mama Biafra and Idara Gold and urged Nigerians to remember them in their prayers.

He tweeted:

“I just ended today’s visitation with Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Onyendu was cheery and happy to see his two relatives who also visited him.

“He however expressed sadness over the continued detention of Mama Biafra, Idara Gold and all other prisoners of conscience. He asked that you [remember] them in your prayers.

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