Human rights advocate, Omoyele Sowore, has vowed to lead a march to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command if the detained lawyer of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Nnamdi Kanu, Barrister Aloy Ejimakor, is not released.
Ejimakor was reportedly arrested by police officers during the #FreeNnamdiKanuProtest held on Monday, the 20th of October, in Abuja.
He was said to have been apprehended alongside Fineboy Kanu a relative of the IPOB leader and several others by operatives of the FCT Police Command.
Reacting to the arrest, Sowore expressed outrage on his verified X handle, calling the detention unlawful and demanding the immediate release of those in custody.
“The FCT Police is instructed to release Barrister Aloy Ejimakor, Fineboy Kanu, and others illegally arrested, tortured, and currently being forced into detention over #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest immediately, or we will mobilize the entire crew now on the street to the FCT command and occupy their office,” he wrote.
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Meanwhile, reports that Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, earlier called on legal regulatory bodies in Nigeria to sanction Ejimakor for participating in the ongoing #FreeNnamdiKanu protest.
Onanuga maintained that Ejimakor’s involvement in the protest breached professional ethics, given that Kanu’s trial is still active before a competent court.
He said, “I spotted Aloy Ejimakor, one of Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyers, among the small group of protesters mobilised in Abuja by Omoyele Sowore,” Onanuga wrote.
“I wonder what Mr. Ejimakor was thinking when he decided to join this shambolic protest. As a lawyer, he should be aware of the principle of sub judice, particularly in relation to the ongoing treason case before the court.”