Four Years Illegal Detention Of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu By Nigerian Government

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 Office of the Prosecutor 

International Criminal Court

Oude Waalsdorpenweg 10

2597 AK, The Hague

The Netherlands.

 Dear Prosecutor,

  Illegal Detention of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu By Nigerian Government 

I am writing to inform the International Criminal Court (ICC, The Hague) of the illegal detention and unconstitutional trial of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. He is an Igbo freedom agitator in Nigeria. Right from 1966 when the Nigerian Civil War began till today, the Christians in Nigeria, specifically the Igbos, have been killed in the most gruesome manners by the jihadists fundamentalists. Due to the great oppressions and marginalization meted out to the Igbo race, an agitation for the sovereign State of Biafra began under the aegis of the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB), led by Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Oppression leads to agitation! As a result of that, the Federal Government of Nigeria arrested and detained him, falsely accusing him of charges of terrorism and treasonable felony. He has been illegally detained for four (4) years without a clear definition of his crime. His trial is also marked with controversies.

On November 7, 2025, the Abuja High Court, presided by Justice James Omotosho, falsely charged Mazi Nnamdi Kanu with terrorism, but Mazi Nnamdi Kanu's lawyers argued that the laws used to charge him have been repealed by the late President Muhammadu Buhari government, making the charges invalid, null, and void. Prior to that, the Supreme Court of Nigeria had ruled that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu's arrest and repatriation from Kenya to Nigeria were illegal and constitute a violation of human rights. Section 36 (12) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) provides that, "A person shall not be convicted of a criminal offence unless that offence is defined and the penalty thereof is prescribed in a written law." The case file titled Federal Republic of Nigeria vs. Mazi Nnamdi Kanu of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) before Justice James Omotosho, took a disturbing and spectacular turn, raising serious concern over the integrity of the Nigerian judicial process. Multiple actions and pronouncements made by the presiding jury have been widely described across cultures as unprecedented, hostile to fair hearing, and blatantly contrary to the Nigerian Constitution. Mazi Nnamdi Kanu clearly stated that Section 36 (12) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (CFRN) totally forbids in clear terms any conviction without any valid written law, and that no court can override the Constitution in Nigeeia. Justice James Omotosho avoided reference to the law which he claims to be applying. Why did he fail to refer to the law that convicts Kanu? It's simply because there is no such law obtainable in Nigerian Constitution at the moment. 

As we speak, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is very ill. The Nigerian Government of Bola Ahmed Tinubu has denied him access to medical treatment. As if that is not disheartening enough, some unscrupulous men of Department of State Services (DSS), beat Mazi Nnamdi Kanu to a pulp on Monday, November 10, 2025, inspite of his failing health condition. He fell into coma before they rushed him to hospital for resuscitation. Is it fair? Just because the Igbo tribe has nobody in a sensitive position in the Nigerian Government, we are oppressed and deprived of our rights. The Igbos and other activists from other parts of the world are requesting for Mazi Nnamdi Kanu's release, citing concerns about his degenerating health. But, all our efforts are in futility. The Government does not budge. Our people, the Igbos, are scared because we do not want him to die in detention without offence. Nigerian Government has no law against terrorism presently. Why? It is because the previous regime of late President Muhammadu Buhari repealed all relevant laws against terrorism in a desperate bid to save many Fulani terrorists who were captured by the Nigerian Army, and were awaiting trials. Instead of judging the killers according to the applicable law of the land, late President Buhari repealed the laws and set them free. He did not only set them free, he rehabilitated them with houses and funds and kept an innocent man (Mazi Nnamdi Kanu) in detention till today. Hence, the current trial is based on a non-existent law which cannot convict Kanu because it has been repealed, violating Mazi Nnamdi Kanu's human rights by illegal detention and indiscriminate tortures. 

From the foregoing, therefore, I am asking the International Criminal Court to step into the case between the Federal Government of Nigeria and Mazi Nnamdi Kanu of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), and ensure that his rights are restored, leading to his release. Why is the court entertaining charge tied to a repealed law? Is that constitutional? Are some specific laws made for specific people? Why is Government finding it hard to release a man whom the Supreme Court of Nigeria has ruled that he is guiltless? These ugly developments undermine public trust in the judiciary and these events have intensified public, legal, and international concerns over the fairness of this trial. Hence, the actions and statements of Justice James Omotosho reflect a troubling pattern of procedural irregularities, disregard to the constitutional safeguards, and hostility to fair hearing. Kindly use your good office to intervene in this matter. Thanking you in advance for your understanding, cooperation, and camaraderie.

 Yours faithfully,

Uduma Okeh. 

  

 

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