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Biafra: I am entitled to $800m compensation from FG – Nnamdi Kanu

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-ECOWAS has the power to grant the $800m compensation – Kanu’s Lawyer 

-Kanu’s lawyer, Ejiofor insists that his client’s human right was violated, as he was unlawfully arrested in 2015 and detained

Biafra: Kanu insists that he is entitled to $800m

The leader of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has maintained that he is still entitled to $800m compensation from the Federal Government for allegedly being unlawfully arrested in 2015 and detained.

Kanu made the assertion through his lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, in a response to the motion filed by the Federal Government requesting the Community Court of the Economic Community of West African States sitting in Abuja to dismiss a fundamental human rights enforcement case filed by Kanu.

Making the claim on behalf of Kanu, Ejiofor noted that the entitlement is irrespective of the Federal High Court in Abuja granting him bail over charges of treasonable felony, for which he is being arraigned alongside others.

READ ALSO: Kanu jumped bail, his $800m suit is pointless – FG

Naija News recalls that the suit was filed on March 3, 2016, with Kanu demanding $800m as compensation from the Federal Government for his alleged unlawful arrest in 2015 and detention.

However, the Federal Government, through its lawyer, Mrs. Maimuna Shiru, filed its motion on November 13, putting forward that Kanu having been granted bail by the Federal High Court in Abuja on April 25, 2017, and allegedly jumped bail, the judgment of the ECOWAS Court on the case lacks purpose.

Responding through his lawyer, Mr. Ifeanyi Ejiofor, Kanu objected to the Federal Government’s motion challenging that granting bail to the pro-Biafran leader was just a partial satisfaction of requests in the suit.

He insisted that the ECOWAS Court had the power to grant his client the $800m compensation sought since Kanu’s rights had been infringed upon.

In a written statement, Ejiofor noted that “We submit therefore that the court has powers to order for payment of compensatory damages when found that the plaintiff’s right has been violated.”