Aloy Ejimakor, special counsel for the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has called on Nigerians asking the federal court government to obey the Supreme Court ruling on extending the deadline for the use of old banknotes as legal tender, to ask the same government to comply with the court judgment freeing his client.
Bring to mind that a Federal High Court in Umuahia Abia State, Southeast Nigeria, in 2022 ordered the Nigerian government to release the IPOB leader and return him to Kenya, describing his extradition or extraordinary rendition as unlawful and unconstitutional.
Emerald News reported that the Supreme Court on Wednesday, temporarily suspended Friday’s deadline to end the legal tender status of old banknotes, which had caused a cash crisis in the nation.
Meanwhile, because of the government opposition to the court decision, many Nigerians have called on President Buhari’s administration to abide by the ruling of the court.
Ejimakor who reacted to the calls on the government to obey the order, via his Twitter handle,asked those calling on the government to obey the court ruling to also ask the same government to obey court orders that freed his client.
Ejimakor wrote: “Those asking the Federal government to obey the Supreme Court judgment extending the deadline on old Naira notes should also ask the Federal government to comply with the Court/Tribunal rulings that called for the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. All judgments are created equal.”
