Don’t Beg For My Release - Nnamdi Kanu

Detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi
Nnamdi Kanu, has urged those clamoring for his release not to beg
for it, asserting that his agitation for self-determination is a
constitutionally protected right and not a crime.
Speaking through his lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, Kanu emphasized that his release is
a matter of compliance with existing court orders, not an issue of presidential
pardon or clemency.

Ejimakor, in a press statement, said: “Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is adamant
that nobody should plead or beg anybody on his behalf because he has
committed no crime.
“Self-determination, which is the real issue that got tw isted to suddenly become a
high crime, is an inalienable right guaranteed under Nigerian law, the United
Nations, the United Kingdom, and Kenya. The perverse and unlaw ful
criminalization of this right should not be encouraged through misguided appeals
for pardon or clemency. Releasing Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is not an act of mercy but a
matter of abiding by the rule of law.”


Kanu expressed appreciation for those genuinely committed to restoring peace in
Igboland, while cautioning that appeals for pardon might be misconstrued as
legitimizing executive or judicial violations of his rights.
Ejimakor further stated: “Instead of begging, those desiring his release should
emulate the language and tact used by groups like Afenifere, Ohaneze, the W orld
Igbo Congress (W IC), ranking members of the National Assembly, the American
Military Veterans of Igbo Descent ( AVID), and other international bodies who have
made it clear that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu deserves to be released because he has
committed no offence known to law.”