Human rights activist and National Coordinator of the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, has condemned the continued detention and prosecution of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, describing it as politically motivated.
Speaking during an interview on Afia News, Onwubiko decried what he called the “selective application of justice” in Nigeria, insisting that Kanu’s ordeal reflects deep-seated political persecution rather than genuine legal process. He stated, “A lot of people have done worse than what they claim Nnamdi Kanu did, yet they’re walking free,” emphasizing that the government’s handling of Kanu’s case exposes a double standard in the nation’s justice system.
Onwubiko argued that several political figures and public officials who have made inflammatory or divisive statements in the past were never arrested or prosecuted, yet Kanu remains behind bars for what he described as “exercising his right to free expression and political dissent.”
He further described Kanu as a “political prisoner,” asserting that his detention serves as a warning to others who challenge the political establishment. The rights campaigner urged the federal government to demonstrate fairness and transparency by either granting Kanu bail or discontinuing what he called “a choreographed persecution.”
According to Onwubiko, the selective enforcement of laws erodes public confidence in Nigeria’s justice system and threatens the country’s democracy. He concluded that “true justice must be blind to politics, ethnicity, and power, or it ceases to be justice at all.Read – Original
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