09/17/2025
PETITION TO THE NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
On the Supreme Court’s Judicial Fraud and the Continuing Illegal Detention of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu
1. Introduction
I, Kingsley Kanunta Kanu, hereby submit this petition to the National Human Rights Commission of Nigeria in exercise of its mandate under the NHRC Act 2010 (as amended) to investigate violations of human rights and enforce compliance with constitutional and international legal standards.
This petition addresses the brazen act of judicial fraud perpetrated by the Supreme Court of Nigeria on 15 December 2023, when it remitted a dead case against my brother, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, back to the Federal High Court for trial under a repealed law, while knowingly ignoring the constitutional and international violations underlying his extraordinary rendition.
2. The Court of Appeal’s Binding Discharge
On 13 October 2022, the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, discharged Mazi Nnamdi Kanu on the ground that his extraordinary rendition from Kenya robbed the Federal High Court of jurisdiction.
This decision was binding under Section 287(2) of the Constitution, which commands that:
“The decisions of the Court of Appeal shall be enforced in any part of the Federation by all authorities and persons, and by courts with subordinate jurisdiction to that of the Court of Appeal.”
The discharge was on grounds of jurisdictional nullity—final and incurable. It is important to note that this is an appellate discharge by a superior court of record on jurisdictional defect, which cannot be overturned- not even by the Supreme Court, without violating constitutional protections against double jeopardy.
3. The Supreme Court’s Fraudulent Remittal
Instead of affirming the jurisdictional finality, the Supreme Court on 15 December 2023:
Acknowledged that the rendition was unlawful;
Yet held that trial could still continue;
Remitted the case to the Federal High Court for continuation.
This was not law; it was judicial fraud by remittal.