The lead counsel to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, Mike Ozekhome (SAN) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to order his immediate release.
Ozekhome, who made the call in a keynote address at the Handshake Across The Niger II, held in Enugu on Friday, described the self-determination struggle of IPOB as legally guaranteed in the country’s laws.
“For the information of those harbouring the thought that it was an illegality or unconstitutionality, his self-determination agitation is in line with the Article 20 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948); African Charter of Human and People’s Rights; Article 3&4 of United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous People (2007) among others. Nigeria is signatory to all these statue,” the senior lawyer said.
