An Abia State High Court in Umuahia has ordered substituted service of an application for enforcement of the fundamental rights filed by Nnamdi Kanu on the federal government.
ln the suit filed by Aloy Ejimakor, Counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, he explained that the infringements that began in 2017 include an extrajudicial attempt on Kanu’s life in Abia State; his involuntary flight to exile; his abduction in Kenya, and his extraordinary rendition to Nigeria.
He said the supervening issues have complicated Kanu’s prosecution and must be judicially dispensed with before any further prosecutorial action can proceed.
Among the relief sought is a declaration that the military invasion into Nnamdi Kanu’s building and premises at Isiama, Afaraukwu Ibeku, Abia State on 10th September 2017 by the respondents or their agents is illegal, unconstitutional, and amount to infringement of Kanu’s fundamental rights.
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That KANU’s arrest in Kenya by the Respondents or their agents without due process of law, his torture, and his detention in Kenya by the government is unconstitutional.
He, therefore, wants an order of injunction restraining the respondents or it’s agents from taking further steps in the prosecution of the case files by the federal government following the said unlawful expulsion from Kenya to Nigeria.
He also wants an order of the court compelling the Respondents or their agents to forthwith release Kanu from detention and repatriate him to his country of domicile to await the outcome of any formal request the Respondents may file before the competent authorities in Britain.
An order compelling the Respondents to issue an official Letter of Apology and to pay the sum of Five Billion Naira as damages is also requested for.
The hearing of the case has been fixed for 21st September 2021 in Umuahia.
(Editor:Abaje Usekwe)
