Lately, some individuals and civic groups have, in some show of support for Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, indicated that they will ‘monitor’ his trial. In the same vein, some have also called for a fair trial. Fair trial of what? Illegality in high places?

While it’s commendable that Kanu has attracted such avalanche of support across the spectrum, it’s important to make it clear from the outset that there won’t be any trial to monitor. None. Nnamdi Kanu cannot be tried on the basis of this extraordinary rendition that brought him in Nigeria.

If you truly support Kanu, you don’t need to monitor his trial or ensure he gets a fair trial. What you need to do is to oppose his trial. Saying that you will monitor his trial gives the impression of bestowing legality to the illegality that brought him to Nigeria.

To better understand how Kanu ended up in Nigeria and why he won’t face trial, you need to juxtapose it to what happened to Umaru Dikko in 1984 and it’s aftermaths. Dikko’s kidnapping was, like this one of Kanu, a brazen act of attempted rendition, which is a State crime under international law and it comes with dire consequences - legal, diplomatic and political.


Though the kidnapping of Dikko failed, it brought the following consequences: Britain swiftly arrested seventeen people, four were convicted and they served between six to eight years in prison. Britain expelled the Nigerian High Commissioner and broke diplomatic relations with Nigeria for 2 years. And most tellingly, Nigeria’s subsequent requests to Britain to extradite Dikko and others were summarily denied.

All these were done even as Dikko was not a citizen of Britain but a mere resident. Conversely, Kanu is a bonafide citizen of Britain, traveling on a British passport when he was unlawfully renditioned to Nigeria from Kenya. That should counter for more countervailing measures.

What this means is that, apart from answering to its conscience as a nation, Nigeria shall ultimately answer to Britain, to the international community and even to Kenya if Kenya succeeds in denying official complicity in the rendition.

A nation does not go to jail. So, when I stated that Nigeria will answer for the rendition, it means a mix of consequences, some of which are already unfolding. The easiest one to see is that Nigeria has, by her own hands, lost its jurisdiction to subject Kanu to trial. In sporting terms, you can say that Nigeria scored an own goal.

How that own goal was scored and its fallouts is a complex legal subject that will certainly be ventilated in court and within the diplomatic circles to which Nigeria is subject. But one thing that is clear is this: No valid prosecutorial or judicial action can proceed from such a manifestly criminal conduct by a State.

So, when you say you will be monitoring Kanu’s trial or that you want a fair trial for him, you are unwittingly buying into a grievous crime that should shock your conscience. Put another way, you will be making yourself complicit in what was done to Kanu or as lawyers would say: you’re making yourself an accessory after the fact.

Conversely, it would be a great thing to say that you will monitor the trial if Kanu’s presence in Nigeria was compliant with due process. That due is nothing but what is generally known as extradition.

Extradition is the only valid means of surrendering an international fugitive from one country to the other. That’s why Nigeria was punished for daring to kidnap Dikko. There’s no reason to think that Kanu’s case will be different.

Nigeria has an extradition statute which is known as the Extradition Act. Kenya has a similar law but with slightly different name. Britain has its own. All three are, in substance, very similar and strict to boot.

What I can tell you for now, assuming you don’t know it already is that Kanu’s rendition will live in infamy because it violated the extradition law of Kenya (the country of abduction), Britain (the country of domicile and citizenship) and even Nigeria (the country of destination).

If you add other municipal and international laws, conventions and protocols to which Nigeria is subject but chose to break just to bring Kanu to Nigeria, you begin to see why you must oppose his trial instead of monitoring it.

https://saharareporters.com/2021/07/12/kanu%E2%80%99s-trial-supposed-be-opposed-not-monitored-aloy-ejimakor
Lalasticlala mynd44

The trial is illegal

Someone is confused here.

Hypocrites everywhere

I think the river of conscience in the Southeast has run dry..Most of the things people from that region say and do these days is evident

When you catch a blood-sucking thief/robber that has been terrorising your neighborhood, you throw tire around his neck and put him up in flames..without a fair trial..Y'all jubilate, the thief has been caught and sent to God for judgement

Now, a bigger thief who has been feeding fat on your hard earned money (monthly contribution), instigating you against the government, thereby sending many to their graves, has been caught and you people aren't thankful?

Kanu and his goons recorded success against the security agents at the initial stage because God wanted them and those who were cheering them on to see what war(which they called for) looks like.
Since the arrest of these people, can't you see how peaceful the East is? Don't y'all love peace?

He will be tried in Nigeria and there is nothing anybody can do about it.

This one is still wailing.

The trial is even secret trial, make we see how una go monitor the court case.

Where were you people when Kanu was carring his Sara pass mosalashi by abusing anything abusable?

Kanu still has long years to spend behind the bar

seunmsg:
He will be tried in Nigeria and there is nothing anybody can do about it.

And so will you. Your time is up unity beggar. Buhari's last born.

When he ran away from Nigeria and was inciting violence here and there, was he cautioned until he was arrested and caged in the zoo like a monkey

If you truly support Kanu, you don’t need to monitor his trial or ensure he gets a fair trial. What you need to do is to oppose his trial. Saying that you will monitor his trial gives the impression of bestowing legality to the illegality that brought him to Nigeria.


Huncle, you are not making any sense.
Kanu was granted bail before he jumped bail. He wasn't discharged and acquitted. The case only continued from where it stopped.

One of the conditions was that he shouldn't be in gatherings. He flouted that order, then the military invaded his home in the name Operation Egwu Eke to display their might.
If the two parties had respected themselves, I am sure this case would have died a natural death by now.

Uwazuruike had MASSOB, went to jail and did almost the same thing that Kanu does not. Today, the former is a free man, enjoying the twilight of his life. So, if Kanu had obeyed the court order, his case would have been like Uwazuruike's. Decisions have consequences. Sure, Ohaneze has done the right thing.

seunmsg:
He will be tried in Nigeria and there is nothing anybody can do about it.

says yoruba Muslim,
chronic unity beggar, even when their loots are also being persecuted by the fulani govt for exercising their right for self determination !

seunmsg:
He will be tried in Nigeria and there is nothing anybody can do about it.

. Likewise Igboho and his cohorts

With the atrocities you have committed with this handle while defending your masters up north,I can swear with my life that you will deactivate this account after 2023. Yorubas why do you guys allowed yourself to be used by this futa jalons at the expense of your southern neighbours? Why

Why do you guys love this one Nigeria so much ? What is so special about this Nigeria that you guys have lost your senses while in it?

What is Yoruba gaining from this contraption that others don't know about?

Oga Seun, Don't you fancy Yoruba nation where peace and unity reigns supreme?


Yorubas are the problem of the south and until the south learns to throw them under bus, we will still be running round a circle without any progress in the next century

Typical Yoruba man want Nnamdi kanu and Sunday Igboho killed as long as his Fulani lords can keep Nigeria United

What a people!

This man is talking in the rubbish! Kanu is safely caged in our zoo like the wild animal he is..

CilicMarin:
This man is talking in the rubbish! Kanu is safely caged in our zoo like the wild animal he is..

you're the one caged to following Kanu's updates

Armaggedon:
you're the one caged to following Kanu's updates

How have you been noticing the guy following Kanu's updates?

Are you in confinement?

This lawyer is very intelligent. He has opened another window of argument concerning d illegality carried out by Nigeria

midolian:
Hypocrites everywhere

I think the river of conscience in the Southeast has run dry..Most of the things people from that region say and do these days is evident

When you catch a blood-sucking thief/robber that has been terrorising your neighborhood, you throw tire around his neck and put him up in flames..without a fair trial..Y'all jubilate, the thief has been caught and sent to God for judgement

Now, a bigger thief who has been feeding fat on your hard earned money (monthly contribution), instigating you against the government, thereby sending many to their graves, has been caught and you people aren't thankful?

Kanu and his goons recorded success against the security agents at the initial stage because God wanted them and those that were cheering them on to see what war(which they called for) looks like.
Since the arrest of these people, can't you see how peaceful the East is? Don't you love peace?

you see MNK as a bigger thief but the people sees him as their Messiah. So why are you crying more than the brief ?

Kanu should tell Buhari he's not from Nigeria and as such doesn't recognize the primitive powers of the primitive Nigerian courts..

Danzakidakura:
you see MNK as a bigger thief but the people sees him as their Messiah. So why are you crying more than the brief ?

You mean "bereaved"?

midolian:
You mean "bereaved"?

yes. Thank you .

So he killed Police men and innocent people for nothing and thinking he will go unpunished

midolian:
Hypocrites everywhere

I think the river of conscience in the Southeast has run dry..Most of the things people from that region say and do these days is evident

When you catch a blood-sucking thief/robber that has been terrorising your neighborhood, you throw tire around his neck and put him up in flames..without a fair trial..Y'all jubilate, the thief has been caught and sent to God for judgement

Now, a bigger thief who has been feeding fat on your hard earned money (monthly contribution), instigating you against the government, thereby sending many to their graves, has been caught and you people aren't thankful?

Kanu and his goons recorded success against the security agents at the initial stage because God wanted them and those who were cheering them on to see what war(which they called for) looks like.
Since the arrest of these people, can't you see how peaceful the East is? Don't y'all love peace?

You see this opinion stated in the op, prepare your minds, that's all we'd be hearing going forward. They'd switch from "he must get a fair trial" to "he must not be tried".

Weren't this same people those claiming he is innocent? Why should an innocent man be scared of standing before a judge?

Come what may, the terrorist will be tried and convicted according to the Laws of Nigeria, and there's no entity on the face of the earth that will stop that from happening, not even US Congress!

Calm down, mahn.
We ain't losing to the circle of unlettered men.

midolian:
Hypocrites everywhere

I think the river of conscience in the Southeast has run dry..Most of the things people from that region say and do these days is evident

When you catch a blood-sucking thief/robber that has been terrorising your neighborhood, you throw tire around his neck and put him up in flames..without a fair trial..Y'all jubilate, the thief has been caught and sent to God for judgement

Now, a bigger thief who has been feeding fat on your hard earned money (monthly contribution), instigating you against the government, thereby sending many to their graves, has been caught and you people aren't thankful?

Kanu and his goons recorded success against the security agents at the initial stage because God wanted them and those who were cheering them on to see what war(which they called for) looks like.
Since the arrest of these people, can't you see how peaceful the East is? Don't y'all love peace?

There's enough peace in your human grasseating infested region where residents now hang themselves upandan due to the unbearable economic harsh condition & hunger...Schools closed upandan there because of peacekeepers visiting the schools to preach peace by taking along students and demanding money to preach more peace..Two governors existing per state ... Irredeemable terrorist always drowning in Igbo affairs

Anago55:
. Likewise Igboho and his cohorts

With the atrocities you have committed with this handle while defending your masters up north,I can swear with my life that you will deactivate this account after 2023. Yorubas why do you guys allowed yourself to be used by this futa jalons at the expense of your southern neighbours? Why

Why do you guys love this one Nigeria so much ? What is so special about this Nigeria that you guys have lost your senses while in it?

What is Yoruba gaining from this contraption that others don't know about?

Oga Seun, Don't you fancy Yoruba nation where peace and unity reigns supreme?


Yorubas are the problem of the south and until the south learns to throw them under bus, we will still be running round a circle without any progress in the next century

Typical Yoruba man want Nnamdi kanu and Sunday Igboho killed as long as his Fulani lords can keep Nigeria United

What a people!

guy u took the words outta my hands.. Kudos

Exactly, this is what I have been saying from.day one. When I heard Ohaneze sayk g they will monitor the trial, I was like is anybody thinking in that organization?

omenka:
You see this opinion stated in the op, prepare your minds, that's all we'd be hearing going forward. They'd switch from "he must get a fair trial" to "he must not be tried".

Weren't this same people those claiming he is innocent? Why should an innocent man be scared of standing before a judge?

Come what may, the terrorist will be tried and convicted according to the Laws of Nigeria, and there's no entity on the face of the earth that will stop that from happening, not even US Congress!

see this one... He have crawl out of whatever piglet cave him been dey before.. U have been quiet for some times now.. Na kanu matter dey give u organisms.. I suspect as kanu trial dey reach, ur superiors will assign u hod unit of kanu, ipob matter for propaganda purposes.. Keep it up bro, but know that u can only decieve ur fellow zonebies.

Danzakidakura:
you see MNK as a bigger thief but the people sees him as their Messiah. So why are you crying more than the brief ?

Like Osama Bin Laden.

Yes that trial should never take place

You can't have a trail that is based on criminality and illegality

Your knowledge of cages and zoos is impressive. It's almost as if you have a history of living inside a cage and behind bars.

CilicMarin:
This man is talking in the rubbish! Kanu is safely caged in our zoo like the wild animal he is..