Aloy Ejimakor, lead counsel to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has accused the Nigerian government of perpetuating what he describes as selective injustice against the Igbo people. Ejimakor made these allegations through a post on his official X (formerly Twitter) handle, expressing concern over the increasing marginalization of the Igbo community.
According to Ejimakor, the Igbo people experienced comparatively less selective injustice during the administrations of former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan. However, he asserts that the situation deteriorated significantly during the tenure of former President Muhammadu Buhari and continues to worsen under the current administration of President Bola Tinubu.
Ejimakor’s statement reflects growing discontent within the Igbo community regarding their perceived treatment by the Nigerian government. The counsel’s remarks come amid ongoing tensions surrounding the detention of Nnamdi Kanu, whose case has been a focal point of controversy and has fueled broader discussions about the rights and treatment of the Igbo people in Nigeria.
These allegations of selective injustice underscore the deepening ethnic and political divisions in the country, particularly in the context of the ongoing agitation for Biafra and the broader quest for equity and justice within Nigeria’s diverse population.
“What is now emerging in the open (thanks to social media) as institutionalized “selective injustice” against #Ndigbo has always been there,” Ejimakor wrote.
“People of the Southeast have severally alleged marginalization, a situation that fuelled the agitation for Biafra.
“It reduced slightly under OBJ & GEJ, peaked to a new high under PMB & has attained genocidal proportions. Shocking that TINUBU tolerates it.”
