Former chairman of the Africa Subcommittee and now a member of the Vitality and Commerce Committee, Consultant, John James, has claimed that the case of Nnamdi Kanu, the chief of the Indigenous Individuals of Biafra, IPOB, is proof of religious persecution in Nigeria.
James acknowledged this when the USA Home Subcommittee on Africa on Thursday, held a public listening to to overview President Donald Trump’s latest redesignation of Nigeria as a Nation of Specific Concern.
The listening to in Washington, DC included senior US State Division officers and Nigerian religious leaders.
James claimed that in the case of Nnamdi Kanu, Nigeria’s Courtroom of Attraction had struck down the costs in opposition to him and ordered his launch in 2022.
He mentioned: “Religious persecution is tied to political repression and weakening establishments in Nigeria. The detention of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is a transparent instance.
“In 2022, Nigeria’s Courtroom of Appeals struck down the costs in opposition to him and ordered his launch.
“The UN Working Group for Arbitrary Detention has additionally referred to as for his unconditional launch, but he stays in solitary confinement in deteriorating well being and lately needed to signify himself in court docket.
“Nigeria has signaled that the regulation is elective and concentrating on Christians is honest recreation. Simply hours in the past this morning, regardless of the pleas and cries of Nigerian folks and lots of Nigerian lawmakers, Kanu was convicted on all costs.”
DAILY POST reviews Nnamdi Kanu was on Thursday, sentenced to life imprisonment over terrorism costs.
