On Allegation Of Nigerian Courts Being Compromised, Nnamdi Kanu Lawyer’s Threatens To Petition ICC Over Right Abuses

Bruce Fein, an American lawyer representing Nnamdi Kanu in the USA has threatened to file a petition earlier than the Worldwide Prison Courtroom over an alleged violation of his shopper’s rights.

 

Fein who was denied entry to the courtroom after turning up on Wednesday November 10 to observe the trial of the chief of the Indigenous Folks of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu, disclosed that that is the fifth time he is being subjected to such.

 

The American lawyer acknowledged that that is in violation to court docket order which allowed Nnamdi Kanu entry to a few individuals. He additionally revealed that he will likely be going United States Congress and urging that sanctions be thought-about towards Nigeria for gross violations of elementary human rights.

Fein stated;

 

“Right now was the fifth time I used to be advised I couldn’t enter the courtroom regardless of the court docket’s earlier order that Nnamdi may have entry to any three individuals he desires to.

“I had the possibility to speak briefly to him on my option to the courtroom. It’s clear that I’m the goal particularly. That’s the rationale why this continuing didn’t transpire immediately.

“And I’m right here to inform Nigerians and the worldwide neighborhood that I’m taking this to worldwide tribunals. It’s clear that the Nigerian tribunals are compromised.

“I’ll petition the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention in Geneva, the Worldwide Courtroom of Justice within the Hague, the ICC within the Hague and I’ll be going to the USA Congress and urging that sanctions be thought-about towards Nigeria for gross violations of elementary human rights”.

“I’m right here to not be an irritant however there are enormous worldwide regulation points which might be current in Nnamdi Kanu’s case. I’m right here as a result of I’m a world skilled to offer extra enlightenment on what authorized points are current right here.”

 

The lead counsel of Nnamdi Kanu right here in Nigeria, Ifeanyi Ejiofor has additionally debunked declare of he and his group staging a walkout in court docket. Ejiofor acknowledged that the authorized group didn’t stroll out of the court docket, however had been locked out.

 

He stated;

 

“What occurred within the court docket immediately is the peak of travesty of justice. We have now greater than 50 attorneys who’re right here in solidarity so we had been exterior attempting to resolve it.

“Once we got here to the court docket, they nonetheless insisted that they may not permit the utmost of 5 individuals to have entry to the court docket. And there may be area within the court docket for us to take a seat.

“We had been nonetheless attempting to resolve it when the choose got here in and we had been all locked out. When consideration was known as to the truth that we had been exterior the court docket protesting about what occurred. As a substitute of the court docket calling the eye of the lead counsel to search out out what’s going on, the court docket mentioned with our shopper.”