UN Stance On Kanu’s Release Binding On Nigeria – Ejimakor

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UN Stance On Kanu’s Release Binding On Nigeria – Ejimakor – Mr Aloy Ejimakor, the Special Counsel to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has stated that the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention is a quasi-judicial body that has a subsisting legal mandate of the United Nations to consider and adjudicate human rights petitions against member nations of the UN. THE GUARDIAN reports.

Ejimakor, who spoke to The Guardian, on Monday in Umuahia, Abia State capital, suggested that the UN’s quasi-judicial body’s rulings or decisions (diplomatically called opinions), as was recently issued in favour of Kanu, are legally binding on Nigeria on a myriad of grounds.

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In his words: “Kanu’s arrest and transfer to Nigeria lacked a legal basis and due process of law, in violation of article 9 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and article 9 of the Covenant. Information Guide Nigeria

“The appropriate remedy would be for the government of Nigeria to release Mr. Kanu immediately and accord him an enforceable right to compensation in accordance with international law. jamb results

“Unarguably, failing to implement this decision would mean that Nigeria is thumbing its nose at the United Nations and unwittingly triggering a nasty diplomatic conflict that could make it a pariah State,” Ejimakor quoted the UN body, adding that Nigeria is duty-bound to implement the decision in its letters and spirit.

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