Ejimakor said Kanu cannot be tried on the basis of the
infamous extraordinary rendition that brought him back to Nigeria.

He said those who truly support the rule of law in Nigeria
should oppose the continued prosecution of Kanu.

In a statement he issued, Ejimakor urged Nigerians to join
the October 20 protest to the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

According to Ejimakor: “Lately, some individuals and civic
groups have, in some show of support for Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, indicated that they
will ‘monitor’ his trial. While it is commendable that Kanu has attracted such
avalanche of support across the spectrum, it’s important to make it clear that
there’s not supposed to be any trial to monitor, not to talk of prosecuting him
in the first place.

“To better understand how Kanu ended up in Nigeria and why
he’s not supposed to face trial, you need to juxtapose it to what happened to
Umaru Dikko in 1984 and its fallouts. Dikko’s kidnapping was, like this one of
Kanu, a brazen act of attempted extraordinary rendition, which – by the way –
is a grave State crime under the canons of international law that bind Nigeria
as a bonafide member of comity or nations.

“When it happens, dire consequences must ensue and one of
them is this: By the dint of such egregious misconduct, the complicit rogue
State permanently loses its prosecutorial power over the victim of the
rendition.

“Though the kidnapping of Dikko failed, it brought the
following consequences: Britain swiftly arrested several suspects, four were
convicted and they served years in prison. Britain expelled the Nigerian High
Commissioner and broke diplomatic relations with Nigeria for 2 years.

“And most tellingly, Nigeria’s subsequent requests to
Britain to extradite Dikko and others were summarily denied. As regards Kanu,
Nigeria has, by her own hands, lost its jurisdiction to subject him to trial.
In other words, no valid prosecutorial action can proceed from such a
manifestly criminal conduct by a State. So, when you say you will be monitoring
Kanu’s trial or that you want a fair trial for him, you are unwittingly buying
into a grievous State crime that should shock your conscience, like it shocked
the conscience of the several international tribunals that have condemned what
happened to Kanu.

“Now, you have seen why you must oppose Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s
continued prosecution/detention and join the train (for his freedom) before it
leaves the station to Aso Rock for #MNKOct20.”