Further Detention Of Nnamdi Kanu Is Abduction, Says HURIWA

President Muhammadu Buhari has been warned that further detention of the IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu will be considered an abduction.

The Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami was also indicted for complying with the orders of Miyetti Allah livestock dealers by the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA).

The civil rights organisation demanded that the President abide by the court's decision to release the IPOB leader and avoid using what it calls the "poison Northern ethnic card."

HURIWA also criticised President Muhammadu Buhari's newly formed national security council, claiming that its suggestion that the IPOB leader remains detained was a blatant disregard for the appellate court's binding decision.

HURIWA’s statement was signed by Emmanuel Onwubiko, the group’s national coordinator.

"The position of the Federal Attorney-General on the Court of Appeal’s considered judgment on Nnamdi Kanu is pedestrian, puerile, and laughable,

“Any further detention of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu would amount to active hostage-taking and an outright criminal case of kidnapping, which is actionable.

"We wonder why a lawyer of Malami’s illustrious status adorning the title of a Senior Advocate of Nigeria is now speaking like a one-hundred-level law student of one road-side law faculty in the corner of Nigeria. 

"This holder of the High Office of the AGF must take note that history won’t be kind to him for constantly being seen arguing against the principles of the Rule of law when he ought to speak and act as the unbiased chief law officer of the federation and not of Miyetti Allah Cattle Owners Association", the statement reads further.