BIAFRA: NNAMDI KANU, REALLY A BRITISH CITIZEN? NNAMDI KANU Citizenship is the exclusive privilege given to a member, also known as ‘ci...
NNAMDI KANU, REALLY A BRITISH CITIZEN?
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The most common proof of British citizenship is the possession of a British passport. Having asserted this, it is not in doubt that Nnamdi Kanu is a British citizen since he possesses a British Passport.
Some of the rights stated in The Human Rights Act 1998 include:
• The right to life
• The right to be free from torture and treatment of a degrading nature
• To be free from slavery and labour that is forced and not of free will
• The right to freedom and liberty
• The right to have a fair trial in the event of criminal accusation
• That if you do something that later becomes deemed as a crime, that
you will not be punished if it is criminalised after the event
• The right to have your private and family life respected
• The right to free thought, conscience and religion and the right to freely express your personal beliefs
• Freedom of expression
• The right of freedom of assembly and association
• The right to get married and to start a family if you wish
• The right not to be discriminated against in regards to any of these rights or freedoms
• The right to enjoy your property in peace
• The right not to be sentenced to death (freedom from the death penalty)
British government cannot deny the knowledge of the illegal detention of Citizen Nnamdi Kanu by Nigeria’s DSS, neither will she claim ignorant of the fact that court of competent jurisdiction has ruled and ordered for the unconditional release of Nnamdi Kanu but DSS refused to obey the court order.
Nnamdi Kanu is undergoing severe inhuman torture and treatments of a degrading nature; in fact he has been totally deprived of his Human Right as written in the Human Right Act of 1998. His is lawyer is not allowed to see him neither his doctor or family members which include his wife and parents. I see this as a slap on the face of the government of Great Britain and the human right that she protects by Nigerian government led by President Muhammadu Buhari.
But it is surprising that the British government is doing little or nothing to protect the right of her citizen Nnamdi Kanu who is helpless in the hands of Nigerian government, even when a court of competent jurisdiction has ordered for his unconditional release and he is still being held. This is unlike the Great Britain that I know, the protector of the rights of her citizen’s and the common man.
However I must draw the attention of the British government that, till date, Citizen Nnamdi Kanu is not under any court remand in Nigeria and is presently held under President Buhari’s personal order. While Sections 293, 294 and 296 of the Administration of the Criminal Justice Act of 2015 forbid any authority or person other than Magistrate and High Court to detain any citizen beyond 24hrs or 48hrs without court remand for maximum of 28 days without trial; Section 35 (4) (a) of the 1999 Constitution further forbids detention of any citizen accused of committing offense of capital punishment (life jail or death sentence) for more than 60 days or two months without being released on bail or appropriately charged to court."
Moreover, Nnamdi Kanu's wife and kids are in the UK and they need him over there, his wife just had a new baby and this baby needs his daddy. I urge the British government to do the needful, protect her citizen Nnamdi kanu, take him back to UK before he dies in the hands of Nigerian government unless President Mohammadu Buhari is playing a scrpt written by the British.
Written By Chijindu Benjamin Ukah
Edited By Ikechukwu Nwaorisa
By BIAFRA TIMES
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