Aloy Ejimakor, special counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has responded to Donald Trump’s classification of Nigeria as a “country of particular concern” in response to allegations of Christian genocide in that nation.
According to reports, Trump blamed “radical Islamists” for the mass murders of Christians in Nigeria in a post on his Truth Social website on Friday.
The United States “cannot stand by while such atrocities are happening,” he said after designating Nigeria as a “country of particular concern.”
Ejimakor claimed in a post on his X handle that Nigeria’s designation as CPC was unavoidable due to the government’s reported deployment of tear gas on nonviolent protestors while overtly courting terrorists.
“The aftermath of taking two direct tear gas hits for expressing my legal right to peaceful assembly,” he stated.
“A country will inevitably be labeled a Country of Particular Concern when it uses tear gas on nonviolent protestors while romanticizing terrorists in front of the public.” #FreeMNK
Remember how the Abuja police recently detained Ejimakor and a few others in connection with the free Nnamdi Kanu demonstration?
Omoyele Sowore, an activist politician, organized the demonstration, which was supposed to take place at the presidential villa and call for Kanu’s release from President Bola Tinubu.
After being taken into custody, Ejimakor, Prince Emmanuel, Sowore, Kanu’s brother, and others were charged in front of a Kuje Magistrate Court and placed under remand in prison.
Tear gas was allegedly fired upon Ejimakor and the other demonstrators as a form of punishment while they were being moved.
Ejimakor passed out while on remand, but the Kuje prison’s medical staff took care of him right away.
