By
Chioma Amaryllis Ahaghotu
The people shouting about “rendition,” crying foul over how Nnamdi Kanu , who by 2021 was already a fugitive under Nigerian law for jumping bail, was re-arrested, have never asked the hard questions.
They never ask: which law gave Kanu the right to order the killing of Igbo people who refused to obey his sit-at-home orders?
Which law allowed him to broadcast live, incite and order his boys to commit pris0n breaks, ambush police, and attack the military?
Under Nigerian law, Section 37(1) of the Criminal Code makes it clear that anyone who levies war against the State in order to intimidate or overawe the President or a Governor is guilty of treas0n. Sections 44‑46 criminalize aiding, inciting, or attempting mutinous acts, or disobedience among members of the armed forces or p0lice.
The Terrorism (Prevention) Act further criminalizes any act done to further a terr0rist purpose.
None of these statutes give anyone the right to sit in judgment, execute civilians, or order attacks on law enforcement. Yet Kanu and his boys acted as judge, jury, and executi0ner.
The worst part?
He actually ordered his followers to ‘kpai’ anyone in uniform, whether they were on duty or not.
Think beyond sentiment. Listen to the audios. Watch the live broadcasts. If after all that, you’re still shouting about rendition and claiming he was “kidnapped,” you are part of the problem.
Do you know how their victims were taken to their de*aths? Naked, terrified, screaming. We saw the videos of their brutality.
Do you know how people like myself escaped? by jumping from balconies to avoid being burned alive!
Do you know the military couples they kil*led, the market leaders, youth leaders, and families they kidnapped and kpaid for disobeying their orders , all in the name of “liberation”? They were All Igbo. All Nigerian. Not Biafrans.
Biafra does not exist in any form recognized by Nigerian or international law.
Yet IPOB /ESN acted outside the law to terr0rize their own people.
And here’s the point everyone ignores: how you think Kanu was brought back to Nigeria does not nullify the charges against him, it does not erase the crimes committed, the bl0od spilled, or the terror inflicted.
The rendition talk is dated and irrelevant.
The court had established jurisdiction. The crimes Kanu he committed was against the Nigerian state and Nigerian citizens.
The prosecution has made its case, rested, and provided multiple chances for the defendant, Kanu to open his defense , which he rebuffed. The law has run its course, and sentencing is now imminent.
And still, people yap about rendition, about “how he was brought back.”
Ask the victims in Orsu, Okigwe, Umuaka, Achala, Lilu how they are. Ask the families who still tremble at the mention of sit-at-home orders. Ask the surviv0rs. Ask the families of those who were mu*rdered.
The real crime, the real bloodshed, the real terror, that we all witnessed in real time, that is what matters.
And if you cannot see that, if you cannot care about the actual victims, you are complicit in their suffering and de*aths!
By Chioma Amaryllis Ahaghotu
