Letter To British PM By IPOB Via Worldwide
Wednesday, May 25, 2016
The deputy leader of the
indigenous people of Biafra Uche Alphonsus Mefor has sent a strong message to
all the British Members of Parliament (MPs) Read his message below..
Nnamdi Kanu, the Leader of Indigenous People of Biafra and Director of Radio Biafra is a human rights crusader and a prisoner of conscience who have been detained under inhumane prison conditions by the Nigerian State.
Nnamdi Kanu, the Leader of Indigenous People of Biafra and Director of Radio Biafra is a human rights crusader and a prisoner of conscience who have been detained under inhumane prison conditions by the Nigerian State.
His humans right and freedoms of expression,
association have been curtailed in a more discriminatory manner; and more
importantly his denial of fair hearing and fair trial (Articles 5, 6 and 7 of
the European Convention on Human rights and which in turn engages the
provisions of the international human rights law have been violated with
impunity by the semi-dictatorial democracy lead in Nigeria).
He was detained in Lagos on his arrival to
Nigeria on the 14th day of October, 2015 and since then has been subjected to
torture and all manner of inhumane and degrading treatment by the officers of
the Department of State Security (DSS) on the orders of the Nigerian
president.
This engages article 3 of the European
Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and Convention on Torture which the British
government is a signatory.
Need we remind you that he was charged to
court on the 19 October 2015 at Abuja presided over by the Chief
Magistrate, Honourable Shuaibu who finally discharged him of all the criminal
charges against him including the allegation of managing and belonging to
an unlawful society, criminal intimidation and of Criminal conspiracy.
The Chief Magistrate went ahead to grant him
bail of which all the conditions were met but the DSS refused to release.
From this date through November 15 2015 to
this day, Nnamdi Kanu has discharged of all charges brought against him by the
Nigerian government including terrorism charges.
What is now a threat to world peace and
established democracies around the world is the impunity with which the
Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari flouts court orders, circumvents the law
and vowed that despite these court orders, he would continue to detain Nnamdi
Kanu.
We want to remind the British government of
her obligation to her citizen, Nnamdi kanu who obviously would not get justice
in Nigerian court due to excessive and undue interference in the court process
by the Nigerian president.
Today, the appeal court has again on the
insistence of the Nigerian presidency denied Nnamdi Kanu bail and upheld the
decision of the High Court to allow masked witnesses against him.
The same way that Britain wants to leave the
EU is the same the people of Biafra lead by Nnamdi Kanu want to the contraption
called Nigeria. It is equally the same rights that the Scottish people have
that Biafrans do have.
The culture of silence on the part of the
British government in the circumstance evokes feelings of conspiracy.
It is time for the British government to
repatriate Nnamdi Kanu back to Britain due to the fact that if he remains in
Nigerian jail, he would continue to be harmed both physically and
psychologically.
The truth is that his continued detention or
death would not be in anybody’s interest as it will have serious and
far-reaching consequences.
It is now the duty of all Members of
Parliament in the United Kingdom to deliberate and urgently come out with quick
solution of this national question.
We urge all Biafrans to remain resolute and
stand in solidarity with our leader, Nnamdi Kanu and in line with our
established values of absolute commitment to the provisions of the
International Human Rights standards.
Uche Mefor
Deputy Leader,
Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)
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