Following last week’s invasion, the leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has petitioned the office of the United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights, Palais des Nations CH-1211, Geneva 10, Switzerland, over an unlawful act of the Nigerian Army at his Afaraukwu residence in Abia state.
A petition addressed to the UN, US and Russia by a team of IPOB international lawyers based in US and Nigeria, the group of legal practitioners claimed that Kanu’s freedom of speech, association and religion, has also been violated.
The US-based lawyers led by Bruce E. Fein, W. Bruce DelValle, alongside their Nigerian-based Attorney, Aloy Ejimakor, in the petition said “on behalf of the 50 million Igbo people of Nigeria, organized under the umbrella of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), led by Nnamdi Kanu, the Nelson Mandela of Nigeria, this office together with Nigerian Barrister, Aloy Ejimakor (IPOB general counsel) calls your attention to the Nigerian government’s authorized shootings and killings of Mr. Kanu’s guests at his home by elements of Nigerian Army late Sunday, September 10, 2017.
We are convinced the Nigerian government intended to assassinate Mr Kanu because of his Igbo ancestry, Judaic religion, and political views. It’s nefarious designs were thwarted by the unanticipated presence of numerous visitors to Mr Kanu at the time of his scheduled extra judicial murder by the Nigerian Army under the colour of Nigerian law.
According to 10 credible Nigerian newspaper reports, many of the visitors were seriously wounded during the Army attack. Fatalities have been reported. Due to the developing nature of this incident, definitive information is unavailable at this time. But enough is known to justify an international response to prevent convulsion in Nigeria that would threaten international peace and security”.
