The group opposed the October adjourned date for the continuation of Kanu’s trial, stressing that it would not allow him to remain in custody until that date.
It stated that the lockdown would take place “every Monday until Kanu is released,” stressing that the measure was one way to ensure the unconditional release of Kanu, hale and hearty.
HOWEVER, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently caution his aides and officials to avoid social upheavals over the re-arrest of the IPOB leader.
According to HURIWA’s convener, Emmanuel Onwubiko, right-thinking members of the global community see Kanu as a prisoner of conscience.
It warned the security forces not to put Kanu’s life in danger in the same way Moshood Abiola was allegedly poisoned to death.
ALSO, Kanu’s lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, has said that as Nigeria seemingly subjects Kanu, Sunday Igboho and Omoyele Sowore to trumped-up treason trials, caution and keen reference to history should be the watchword.
He recalled that since 1960, democratic Nigeria has had many treason trials, and that only that of the late Obafemi Awolowo netted a conviction or came close.
According to the lawyer, even when Awolowo’s trial resulted in conviction, it immediately brought many issues that still remotely dog Nigeria till date.
The Guardian
