Aloy Ejimakor, lawyer to detained IPOB leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has accused President Bola Tinubu’s government of disregarding court orders for Kanu’s release. Despite multiple judgments in Kanu’s favor since 2022, the government has yet to comply.
Ejimakor, in a post via X on Friday, questioned why the federal government has refused to comply with multiple judgments delivered in Kanu’s favour.
He noted that in January 2022, a court ordered the Federal Government to pay Kanu N1 billion and apologize to him.
In October 2022, another court nullified his detention and awarded N500 million in damages; while in October 2023, a separate ruling overturned the proscription of IPOB.
The lawyer wondered why the government had chosen to ignore these decisions, describing Kanu’s continued incarceration as a violation of the rule of law.
He urged Tinubu to obey the court orders and release the IPOB leader, asking pointedly if Kanu has become his personal prisoner.
He wrote: “In Jan. 2022, a Court ordered the Federal govt to pay Mazi Nnamdi Kanu N1b & apologize to him; In Oct. 2022, a Court nullified his detention & awarded him N500m; In Oct. 2023, a court ruled against proscription of #IPOB.
“Dear Pres. Tinubu, has MNK become your personal prisoner?”