The Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia, Abia State will on Tuesday hear the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu's special appeal filed before him in March. Kanu's special counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, made the announcement on Thursday in a statement titled "RE: Court to hear the special case of Mr. Nnamdi Kanu on October 4."
The statement read: “On October 4, 2022, the Umuahia High Court will hear the Extraordinary Restitution Action of Mr. Nnamdi Kanu which I filed in court in March this year.
This case is sui generis (of a special class) and the purpose is primarily to resolve the illegal dismissal or special transfer of Nnamdi Kanu, which is clearly wrongful. and violation of his fundamental rights under Article 12(4) of the Charter of Human Rights. . and human rights, and chapter four of the Nigerian Constitution.
In addition to reparations, I am asking the Court to address the many violations that accompany reparations, such as torture, illegal detention and denial of the right to a fair trial as required by law before extradition. every from one country to another country. I am also seeking to terminate his sentence and restore him to the position he was in prior to his return on June 19, 2021.
You will recall that on January 19, 2022, the High Court of Abia ruled that part of the violation of Kanu's rights occurred in 2017. Although I said that the limit on the compensation, the Court denied the right to compensation. connected with crime, falls within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Federal Supreme Court. This is what informed my decision to initiate the case before the Federal Supreme Court.
“Indeed, the extraordinary version of Nnamdi Kanu has raised many legal questions that transcend many jurisdictions in Nigeria and even sparked the international legal system, to begin with. In other words, Kanu's appeal has expanded beyond the Abuja case and opened up a new legal framework that should be aired well before other courts and tribunals within and outside Nigeria.
Therefore, this case at the Federal High Court, Umuahia, is one of those seeking the final court to adjudicate on the special compensation law. The United Kingdom, Kenya, the African Union and the United Nations were added.
I would like to take this opportunity to express my deep appreciation for the team of talented and hardworking lawyers that I lead in pursuing this complex case. Special mention should be made to lawyers Patrick Agazie, Ifeyinwa Nworgu, Tochukwu Arugbuonye, Franklin Amandi, Ohaeto Uwazie and Mandela Umegborogu.
For ease of reference and avoidance of doubt, here is the relief I requested in the suit:
"1, The declaration and detention of the respondents in Kenya by the representatives of the respondents without due process is arbitrary, and the respondents compel the removal of the applicant the request for eight (8) days and their refusal to bring the applicant before a Kenyan Court for the purpose of deporting the applicant is unlawful, illegal, illegal and in violation of the applicant's fundamental rights against arbitrary detention , independence and justice, as provided and guaranteed by the inclusion of the CFRN in the Charter.
2, The disclosure and detention of the petitioner in an illegal private institution in Kenya and the harassment of the petitioner in Kenya by the agents of the petitioner are unlawful, illegal and the law is illegal and is a violation of the applicant's fundamental rights against wrongful detention. torture and fair trial, as laid down and guaranteed by the relevant provisions of the CFRN and the Charter).
3, A declaration that, in accordance with Article 12(4) of the Charter, the deportation (or special transfer) of the applicant from Kenya to Nigeria by the respondents without a decision being made accordingly in Kenyan law is illegal, illegal. unconstitutional and constitutes a violation of the applicant's fundamental right to justice and that he shall not be expelled from the member states of the Charter, except by a decision made in accordance with the law, as submitted and approved. CFRN and Charter.
4, A declaration that any criminal charge against the petitioner for the purpose of his illegal deportation from Kenya by his supporters is illegal, unlawful, unconstitutional law and corresponding to the violation of the petitioner's fundamental right to a fair trial, as stipulated therein. supported by the necessary approval of the CFRN and the Charter.
"5, the law prohibits and enjoins the defendants from taking any further action in any crime against the applicant made possible by the applicant's expulsion from Kenya and Nigeria.
“6, the order is ordered to compel the defendants to return or restore the petitioner to his liberty immediately, as of June 19, 2021; and then to return the applicant to his country of jurisdiction (ie, the United Kingdom) pending the outcome of any request that the Defendants may make to the competent authorities in Great Britain for the applicant's deportation properly in Nigeria.
7, Order to enjoin and compel the defendants to issue a letter of apology to the petitioner for the violation of his fundamental rights; and publishing a letter of apology in three (3) national daily newspapers.
"8, The law directs and compels the defendants to pay the claimant a sum of 25,000,000,000.00 naira (twenty five billion) as damages which the claimant seeks from those who -respondent and one by one for the physical, mental, emotional, mental. things and other injuries that the petitioner suffered as a result of the violation of the essential rights of the petitioner by the hands of the defenders. "We humbly hope that soon, justice will prevail for Mr. Nnamdi Kanu."
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