{"id":109666,"date":"2023-12-13T13:24:10","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T12:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=109666"},"modified":"2023-12-13T13:24:10","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T12:24:10","slug":"us-lawmaker-johnson-urges-supreme-court-to-order-nnamdi-kanus-unconditional-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/us-lawmaker-johnson-urges-supreme-court-to-order-nnamdi-kanus-unconditional-release\/","title":{"rendered":"US lawmaker Johnson urges Supreme Court to order Nnamdi Kanu\u2019s unconditional release"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1785158349733424670\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">A State Representative of District 139 in Texas, United States, Jarvis Johnson, has called on the Nigerian Supreme Court to give an order for the unconditional release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nMr Johnson made the call in a statement on Tuesday ahead of December 15 when the apex court will rule on Kanu\u2019s case.<\/p>\n<p>The statement said, \u201cOn December 15, 2023, the Nigerian Supreme Court will decide whether or not to affirm the multiple unchallenged judgments\\orders from various legal jurisdictions which have called for the unconditional release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu (MNK). The consensus of legal opinion, within and outside Nigeria, expects the Supreme Court to affirm this plethora of judgments and orders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe undisputed facts are as follows; MNK was extraordinarily renditioned by the Government of Nigeria (GON) from Kenya on June 27, 2021. Then, and now, he is the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), a nonviolent group, advocating for an internationally supervised referendum to resolve the Biafran issue within the Nigeria polity. Recently, on October 30, 2023, the High Court of Enugu State held that the classification of IPOB as a terrorist group by the GON and the Southeast Governor\u2019s Forum contravenes Section 42 of the Nigerian Constitution. It follows that the present and any future treatment of IPOB, its leadership and members as a terrorist group is illegal, and per se, discriminatory. Therefore, there is now no valid legal basis for the continued solitary confinement of MNK.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany other Nigerian Courts which had previously opined on the matter, including the High Court in Umuhia, Abia State; the Court of Appeals in Abuja, had also reached similar conclusions, and have ordered for the immediate and unconditional release of MNK. There is no pending legal matter against MNK.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn July 20, 2022, the United Nations Human Rights Council issued an opinion which found that MNK\u2019s solitary confinement was in violation of International Human Rights Conventions to which Nigeria is a signatory and called for his immediate and unconditional release.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat MNK was Extraordinarily Renditioned is not in dispute; and that Extraordinary Rendition is illegal under Nigerian and International Law is also not in dispute.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, Johnson said: \u201cI, therefore, call on the Nigerian Supreme Court to uphold or affirm the considered judgments of its subordinate courts, and of the many International Tribunals, by ordering the immediate and unconditional release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. This anticipated ruling will hasten the process of restoring confidence in the Nigerian Judiciary, of which the Supreme Court is its apex court.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A State Representative of District 139 in Texas, United States, Jarvis Johnson, has called on the Nigerian Supreme Court to give an order for the unconditional release of the leader&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":109667,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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