IPOB Self-Determination Remains Legal Says; Legal Practitioner

REPORTED BY RAPHAEL EDE (ENUGU)

Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mike Ozekhome, has described the self-determination struggle of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra led by Nnamdi Kanu as legally guaranteed in the country’s laws. Ozekhome, who disclosed this in a keynote address at the Handshake Across The Niger II, held in Enugu on Friday, called on the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to order the immediate release of the incarcerated leader of IPOB.

“For the information of those harboring the thought that it was an illegality or unconstitutionality, his self-determination agitation is in line with the Article 20 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948); African Charter of Human and People’s Rights; Articles 3&4 of United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous People (2007) among others. Nigeria is a signatory to all these statues,” he said.