Nnamdi Kanu: Lawyer accuses NBA of engaging in jamboree ‘while criminal justice burns’
A lawyer, Christopher Chidera, has slammed the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, for failing to speak up and intervene in what he described as injustice and unfair trial of leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu. Chidera, a member of the Mazi Nnamdi Kanu Global Legal Consortium, said the NBA has become a […] Nnamdi Kanu: Lawyer accuses NBA of engaging in jamboree ‘while…
Christopher Chidera, a member of the Mazi Nnamdi Kanu Global Legal Consortium, has criticized the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) for its silence on the controversial case of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Chidera, a lawyer, believes the NBA has become a spectator to the destruction of Nigeria's criminal justice system, turning a blind eye while Kanu faces an unfair trial.
He accuses the association of cowardice, stating that the NBA is more concerned with hosting a jamboree than addressing the legal injustices taking place. Chidera highlights the NBA's reduced role from being a champion of justice like Gani Fawehinmi to a toothless professional establishment focused on titles and power. He emphasizes that the NBA's silence on Kanu's case is not merely professional neutrality but complicity.
The lawyer points out that the Court of Appeal discharged Kanu's charges but a civil stay of execution prevented his immediate release, despite the legal judgment. Chidera also criticizes the NBA for not sanctioning the Department of State Security (DSS) and the former Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, for disobeying the Court of Appeal's judgment.
He urges the NBA to regain its sense of duty and stand up for the law, condemning its current state as a lapdog rather than a watchdog.
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