A Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, has adjourned until October 27, 2022 a case of abuse of fundamental human rights filed by the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Kanu, against the Federal Government.
Kanu, through his Counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, had approached the court, challenging his extradition from Kenya on June 19, 2022.
Ejimakor told the court that the suit was sui generis (of a special class) and was primarily aimed at redressing the infamous unlawful expulsion or extraordinary rendition of Kanu, which was an alleged violation of his fundamental rights under Article 12(4) of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights, as well as Chapter IV of the Nigerian Constitution.
He said, “In addition to the rendition, I am asking the court to redress the myriad violations that came with the rendition, such as the torture, the unlawful detention and the denial of the right to fair hearing, which is required by law, before anybody can be expelled from one country to the other.
“I am also seeking to halt his prosecution and restore him to the status quo before his rendition on June 19, 2021.
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