By Charles Igbo
Three days after the remand of her husband, Emmanuel Kanu and Barrister Aloy Ejimakor along with 10 others were detained at Kuje prisons over their participation in the #FreeNnamdiKanuNow peaceful protest in Abuja, Mrs Favour Kanu, Nnamdi Kanu’s sister-in-law, has cried out over the fate of her husband.
Recall that Ejimakor, one of Kanu’s Legal Cousels, Kanu”s brother, Emmanuel, and 10 others were arrested by the Police on Monday, October 20, during the protest which was led by Omoyele Sowore, an activist, journalist and politician. They were arraigned before Kuje Magistrate Court and remanded at Kuje Prisons. The Police charged them with sundry issues including breach of peace. Their request for bail will be heard on Friday, October 24.
But Nnamdi Kanu’s sister-in- law, Favour is crying out over the arrest, arraignment, and remand of her husband husband at the Kuje prison.
In an interview with ABN TV, an outraged Mrs. Kanu said she was pained over what she described as an unjust and shocking development which culminated in the arrest of her husband.
She insisted that her husband’s only crime was that he dared exercise his constitutional right to the peaceful protest tagged
#FreeNnamdiKanuin Abuja. She said it was a peaceful call for justice but which was disrupted, violently, by security operatives who attacked the protesters by firing live ammunition and tear gas.
She said: “It’s still surprising and shocking because everything was peaceful from the beginning to the end.
“My husband and Barrister Aloy Ejimakor came out with Sowore and others. They were still converging when security vehicles pulled up. They told the officers it was a peaceful protest, no arms, no violence — but the next minute, they started shooting.”
She said she took things for granted until her husband’s Facebook Live stream went off during the protest.
“Immediately the live ended, I knew something had happened. I called his phones, no answer. Later, they went off completely. The lawyers later confirmed he had been arrested.”
She said it was at that yime that the legal team searched a number of police stations and finally located her husband and others at the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) office in Abuja.
She lamented: “Tell me, what has a peaceful protest got to do with SARS? SARS is for robbery and violent crimes. This is clearly an attempt to silence those demanding justice.”
“I’m not pleading; I’m demanding justice. It is his right to protest peacefully. They informed the police before the protest and agreed to avoid restricted areas. Yet, by 7 a.m., security trucks arrived and opened fire. Why? Do they want to keep him locked up like his brother for years for doing nothing?
“My children have been crying since the incident. They should release my husband. He did absolutely nothing wrong.
“At this point, can they just arrest the whole Kanu family at once? I mean, two isn’t enough!”
Nnamdi Kanu will open his defence Thursday, October 23 at the Honourable Justice James Omotosho’s Court having lost out in his bid to have the case against him thrown out. His Lawyer, brother and 10 others will appear at the Kuje Magistrate’s Court for the hearing of their bail request request.
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