The pan-Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has renewed its appeal to President Bola Tinubu for the release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, whose detention is nearing four years.
The group made the appeal following a recent judgment by the High Court of Kenya, which declared Kanu’s rendition in June 2021 illegal and unconstitutional.
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The IPOB leader was arrested in Kenya on June 27, 2021, and extradited to Nigeria shortly after.
His formal detention began on June 29, 2021, when he was arraigned in Abuja on charges, including terrorism, treasonable felony, and incitement to violence.
He was subsequently remanded by the court in the custody of the Department of State Services, where he has remained as his trial progressed, despite several court rulings questioning both the legality of his rendition and the charges brought against him.
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However, in a judgment delivered on Tuesday, June 24, 2025, the Kenyan court sitting in Nairobi ruled that Kanu’s abduction, incommunicado detention, alleged torture, and subsequent transfer to Nigeria constituted a gross violation of his fundamental human rights under both Kenyan and international law.
Sunday, June 29, 2025, will be four years since the pro-Biafra agitator has been behind bars, amid several failed attempts and court rulings to effect his release.
In an exclusive statement issued to Saturday PUNCH by its National Publicity Secretary, Ezechi Chukwu, Ohanaeze described Kanu’s four-year detention without justice as a moral burden on the corporate integrity of the Nigerian judicial system.
The group said, “Since the judiciary is a principal arm of the government, Kanu’s custody by extension, therefore, gives rise to prototypical interrogation of the Nigerian government’s adherence to the tenets of rule of law, compliance with the prevalence of fundamental human rights, conformity to normative regulations and subscription to body of statutes, irrespective of social stratum, religion, ethnicity and other avoidable mundane prejudices and institutional biases.”
Ohanaeze noted that the international community was closely observing how long the Nigerian authorities intended to delay Kanu’s release.
The group added that since Kanu’s extradition from Kenya was illegal and the foundation of his prosecution remained questionable, keeping him in detention for four years without a clear path to justice was unjustifiable.
Ohanaeze called on President Tinubu to exercise his constitutional authority and explore diplomatic options to secure Kanu’s release.
Speaking on the matter, the President of Igboekulie, an association with a core mission to promote Igbo language and culture, Benjamin Obidegwu, said it was important for Nnamdi Kanu case to be solved politically.
He added that the association position was to find a political solution to political problem.
“The point has been made. Government should look into those issues and agitations. Nnamdi Kanu’s problem is a political problem.
“The matter should be settled politically. If it is being pursued legally, it will not be in the interest of everybody.
IPOB, monarch hail judgment
Meanwhile, the Indigenous People of Biafra has applauded the Kenya High Court over its judgment declaring the rendition of the pro-Biafra leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, illegal.
IPOB, in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Emma Powerful, hailed the judgment as a landmark victory, stating that it vindicated the group’s position over what it described as the “sham and farcical trial” of its leader.
“The Indigenous People of Biafra wishes to formally announce a resounding judicial earthquake that has shaken the legal foundations of the fraudulent rendition of our leader, Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
“This judgment vindicates our consistent position that what transpired in Nairobi in June 2021 was not extradition but extraordinary rendition — a criminal act of state-sponsored international terrorism involving the highest authorities of the Nigerian and Kenyan governments.
“This verdict places a permanent and indelible legal stain on the records of former presidents Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya, Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria and former Attorney General, Abubakar Malami, and their accomplices.”
Also reacting, the traditional ruler of Amuzukwu in Ibekwu, Umuahia North Local Government Area, His Royal Highness, Eze Iheonye Ibezim, said, “It is a good development. There is no real Igbo man that would want Nnamdi Kanu to continue to be under incarceration.
“So, we are in support of anything that can be done to free him.”
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