{"id":120417,"date":"2025-07-05T13:43:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T12:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=120417"},"modified":"2025-07-05T13:43:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T12:43:18","slug":"agazie-seeks-malamis-disbarment-over-role-in-kanus-illegal-rendition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/agazie-seeks-malamis-disbarment-over-role-in-kanus-illegal-rendition\/","title":{"rendered":"Agazie Seeks Malami\u2019s Disbarment Over Role in Kanu\u2019s Illegal Rendition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Oscar Okhifo<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Patrick Agazie, one of the lawyers representing detained Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Nnamdi Kanu, has called for the disbarment of former Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), accusing him of playing a central role in the controversial and illegal rendition of Kanu from Kenya to Nigeria in 2021.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Agazie made the call in response to a recent judgment by a Kenyan High Court, which declared the abduction and forced repatriation of Kanu as illegal, unconstitutional, and a gross violation of international law.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The court ruled that Kanu was subjected to abduction, torture, incommunicado detention, and an unlawful transfer to Nigeria without undergoing any extradition hearing.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It awarded him damages of approximately \u20a6120 million and described the rendition as \u201ca criminal act of state-sponsored international terrorism\u201d perpetrated by the Nigerian and Kenyan Governments.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In light of this judgment, Agazie said Malami\u2019s conduct amounted to a serious breach of both Nigerian and international legal standards and insisted that he should be stripped of his license to practice law.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAny Nigerian official, no matter how highly placed, who was involved in the abduction and extraordinary rendition of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has committed an act of terrorism under Nigerian law,\u201d Agazie said.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He argued that Malami\u2019s involvement in the operation undermined the integrity of the legal profession and constituted a gross abuse of office, stating that the former minister should be held accountable for violating the rule of law.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The legal team, led by Aloy Ejimakor and including Agazie, is expected to file a formal petition with the Nigerian Bar Association and other relevant professional bodies to initiate disbarment proceedings against the former Attorney-General.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has been in custody since his arrest in 2021, despite multiple court rulings questioning the legality of his detention and the manner in which he was returned to Nigeria.<\/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>By Oscar Okhifo Patrick Agazie, one of the lawyers representing detained Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Nnamdi Kanu, has called for the disbarment of former Attorney-General of the Federation,&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":78447,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120417","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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