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Immatex:
This threat won’t change anything.

Even his lawyers are not arguing that his is innocent, they’re are busy calling for a no case submission because of the so-called extraordinary rendition, a phrase now made popular by Kalu and his opportunistic supporters.

No country in the world even a fathom Biafra will tolerate an Nnamdi Kalu.

They are free to seek recuse at the ICC, until then, Nnamdi Kalu will pay for his arrogance that led him to cause the death of many.

shortgun:
Nnamdi Kanu lawyers are right. Do you even know legally speaking the 2013 law has been repealed.
Any prosecution relying solely on that repealed law is invalid?

shortgun:
Nnamdi Kanu lawyers are right. Do you even know legally speaking the 2013 law has been repealed.
Any prosecution relying solely on that repealed law is invalid?

TimeManager:
The last time he wrote a letter, Buhari tore his letter. This time, Justice Omotosho will throw his papers to Aboki to wrap suya. It is as useless as they come.


-Kiss the truth!

IGBOPROMISE1:
I’m even starting to feel a bit sorry for poor justice Omotosho! Talk about being caught between a rock and a hard place! Being dragged from one end by his conscience and fidelity to his profession…and being pulled from the other end by the hegemonic cabal that want Mazi Kanus’ head on a platter!

ZombieDredd:
Well, buhari don kpai and he's rotten in the ground now.

Kanu is still kicking and will come out wether you like it or not

shortgun:
Nnamdi Kanu lawyers are right. Do you even know legally speaking the 2013 law has been repealed.
Any prosecution relying solely on that repealed law is invalid?

buckeyemedia:
Everyone has their appointed day, u are not going to live forever.

He died as an old man, u hope u live for half of the years Buhari lived on earth.

Immatex:
Repealed law or not, Nnamdi Kalu and his supporters never envisioned a day will come when he will held to account before the judges he consider lesser humans.

I don’t even know what you guys want for an outcome; Nigeria should just allow terrorist gun running secessionist who openly called people of other ethnicities unprintable names to walk free after capturing him?

He was set free by bail under well spelt out conditions which included limiting the number of people he held an assembly with. Nnamdi Kalu in contempt of court held rallies, traveled the length and breadth of the East, preached civil and armed rebellion and even operated an army of his own - things he won’t tolerate for a day as Supreme Leader.

When the government came for him, unlike Jesus who surrendered to the government, Nnamdi Kalu sent his poorly trained foot soldiers to confront the government, sacrificing their lives for his own a escape - very typical of a coward lion.

Upon his disguised escape he continued from overseas to coordinate his group, issuing death orders and canvassing funds for arming his forces, only to be recaptured in a purportedly arms exchange meeting.

You guys want he set free because Nigerian government was too weak. Suppose it was Isreal that was seeking to capture a fugitive terrorist, he will sure be bombed on sight.

Nmandi Kalu still have mouth to talk because his his life was spared.

Putindbutt:
A quack lawyer at that. Why didn't he fly here to come defend his terrorist client?. Na one of the scammers Kanu bin dey give ipob donation to when he was still running his mouth on radio biafra, going from the US to Isreal lobbying some low lifers with money donated by the gullible ones.

Let Mr Fein or Ifeinwa write to Trump to first ask for the release of the terrorist suspects locked up in Guantanamo bay, then we can take him serious.

Immatex:
This threat won’t change anything.

Even his lawyers are not arguing that his is innocent, they’re are busy calling for a no case submission because of the so-called extraordinary rendition, a phrase now made popular by Kalu and his opportunistic supporters.

No country in the world even a fathom Biafra will tolerate an Nnamdi Kalu.

They are free to seek recuse at the ICC, until then, Nnamdi Kalu will pay for his arrogance that led him to cause the death of many.

Immatex:
Repealed law or not, Nnamdi Kalu and his supporters never envisioned a day will come when he will held to account before the judges he consider lesser humans.

I don’t even know what you guys want for an outcome; Nigeria should just allow terrorist gun running secessionist who openly called people of other ethnicities unprintable names to walk free after capturing him?

He was set free by bail under well spelt out conditions which included limiting the number of people he held an assembly with. Nnamdi Kalu in contempt of court held rallies, traveled the length and breadth of the East, preached civil and armed rebellion and even operated an army of his own - things he won’t tolerate for a day as Supreme Leader.

When the government came for him, unlike Jesus who surrendered to the government, Nnamdi Kalu sent his poorly trained foot soldiers to confront the government, sacrificing their lives for his own a escape - very typical of a coward lion.

Upon his disguised escape he continued from overseas to coordinate his group, issuing death orders and canvassing funds for arming his forces, only to be recaptured in a purportedly arms exchange meeting.

You guys want he set free because Nigerian government was too weak. Suppose it was Isreal that was seeking to capture a fugitive terrorist, he will sure be bombed on sight.

Nmandi Kalu still have mouth to talk because his his life was spared.

shortgun:
Nnamdi Kanu's US Lawyer, Bruce Fein Writes Justice Omotosho, Demands Dismissal Of Charges Against IPOB Leader For Lack Of Jurisdiction

Citing the 1928 opinion of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis in Olmstead v. United States, Fein emphasized that governments undermine the rule of law when they themselves break it.


Bruce Fein, the United States counsel to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has written to Justice James Omotosho of Nigeria’s Federal High Court in Abuja, demanding the dismissal of all charges against the IPOB leader on grounds of lack of jurisdiction.

In a letter dated October 28, 2025, and titled “Dismissal of prosecution of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu for lack of jurisdiction,” Fein argued that the Nigerian government should not benefit from what he described as its own “criminality” in the process that led to Kanu’s rendition to Nigeria.

“No government should profit from its own criminality. That has been binding law from time immemorial,” Fein wrote, invoking the principle that justice is the foundation of government and civil society.

Citing the 1928 opinion of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis in Olmstead v. United States, Fein emphasized that governments undermine the rule of law when they themselves break it.

“In a government of laws, the existence of the government will be imperiled if it fails to observe the law scrupulously. Our Government is the potent, omnipresent teacher.

“For good or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is contagious. If the Government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.

“To declare that, in the administration of the criminal law, the end justifies the means -- to declare that the Government may commit crimes in order to secure the conviction of a private criminal -- would bring terrible retribution,” Fein quoted from Justice Brandeis’ ruling.

Fein argued that both the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and Nigerian courts have recognized that the Federal Government committed “multiple crimes” in bringing Kanu into Nigerian custody, including kidnapping, torture, and extraordinary rendition.

According to Fein, these constitute jus cogens crimes under international law, offenses so grave that no state can lawfully commit them, and therefore strip Nigerian courts of any jurisdiction to continue prosecuting Kanu.

He cited paragraph 107 of the UN Working Group’s July 20, 2022, opinion, which directed the Nigerian government to grant the “immediate unconditional release” of Kanu.

Fein further warned Justice Omotosho that continuing the case would implicate the court in the alleged illegalities of Kanu’s rendition.

“If you refrain from dismissing all outstanding charges against Mr. Kanu for lack of jurisdiction, you will be legally implicated in the crimes perpetrated by the Government of Nigeria in bringing Mr. Kanu before your tribunal,” he wrote.

“You will be vulnerable to prosecution before the International Criminal Court. You will have been unfaithful to your professional duty to see that justice is done.”

The Nigerian government has maintained that Kanu faces terrorism-related charges before the Federal High Court in Abuja, though his lawyers insist that his abduction and forced transfer from Kenya render the entire prosecution illegal.

The letter comes amid an ongoing standoff in Kanu’s trial before the Federal High Court in Abuja.

The IPOB leader has refused to enter his defense, insisting that the court lacks jurisdiction to try him because of his extraordinary rendition from Kenya in June 2021.

Kanu’s legal team has maintained that since his re-arrest and forcible return to Nigeria violated both domestic and international law, any subsequent proceedings amount to an abuse of court process.

His Special Nigerian counsel, Barrister Aloy Ejimakor, has consistently argued that the government’s disobedience of multiple court orders, including those granting bail and directing his release, further strips the court of its moral and legal authority.

Justice Binta Nyako, who has presided over earlier phases of the trial, had ruled that Kanu must stand trial despite his objections, prompting appeals and renewed motions challenging jurisdiction.

The case was later transferred to Justice Omotosho for further proceedings.
Kanu has remained in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) in Abuja since June 2021, when he was renditioned to Nigeria from Kenya by the Nigerian authorities, an action a Kenyan court has ruled against.

His continued detention and the Nigerian government’s handling of his case have drawn widespread criticism from human rights organisations and international observers.

Fein, a former U.S. Associate Deputy Attorney General, continues to represent Kanu internationally and has repeatedly called for sanctions against Nigerian officials over alleged violations of international law.

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shortgun:
Do you know that Awolowo Just like Nnamdi Kanu was also labeled a terrorist by the Nigerian government and sentenced in 1962?
If Awolowo later became your hero after serving a jail term, what makes you think Nnamdi Kanu will be different?

truthera:
It is a shame that it took a US lawyer to teach Nigeria the legal international implications of continuing the disgraceful trial of Nnamdi Kanu after kidnapping him from Kenya. Justice Omotosho will be culpable of judicial rascality if he does not end this sham trial and order the immediate release of Kanu.

shortgun:
Do you know that Awolowo Just like Nnamdi Kanu was also labeled a terrorist by the Nigerian government and sentenced in 1962?
If Awolowo later became your hero after serving a jail term, what makes you think Nnamdi Kanu will be different?

shivisee:
Awolowo never called for the death of ojukwu or anybody. In as much as you timid Ibo people loves lieing to compensate for your timidity , Awolowo at any point did not form any illegal army that was not approved by the government of the land! Awolowo did not ask anybody to burn any part of Lagos or iboland.There are many numerous videos of Kanu asking people to be killed. Asking Lagos to be burnt since his region can’t have it.

shortgun:
If he didn't do any of those things you mentioned. So tell us why Awolowo was convicted in 1963 by the Nigerian government and sent to prison

Putindbutt:
See Eyepob sense. If you like, you can even compare Kanu to Nelson Mandela. You will tell us where Awo was openly calling for the killings of security agencies and creating armed militants.
Like I said, let the quack lawyer write to Trump to release the terrorists in Guantanamo bay or he should come to Nigeria and defend him in court.

simpleseyi:
That was conspiracy between your lord Nnamdi Azikiwe and Tafawa Balewa, the children of the two conspirators are still suffering for it till tomorrow