Nnamdi Kanu speaks on the attacks, killings in the Southeast
Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has blamed those who delayed an appeal against him at the Supreme Court for the growing insecurity in the southeast , Ifeanyi Ejiofor, IPOB's lead attorney, said on Tuesday.
The lawyer, in a Facebook post, said Mr. Kanu said this when he (Ejiofor) and other members of Mr. Kanu's legal team visited the head of IPOB at the premises of the State Security Service (SSS) on Monday in Abuja. .
Mr. Kanu, who is facing trial on terrorism charges, was released on bail in April 2017. He fled the country after an invasion of his home in Afara-Ukwu, near Umuahia, Abia State, by the Nigerian Army in September 2017.< /p>
He was rearrested in Kenya and brought back to Nigeria in June 2021, some four years after fleeing the country.
On October 13, the Abuja Court of Appeal ruled that the head of IPOB had been extra-ordinarily surrendered to Nigeria and that this action constituted a clear violation of the country's extradition treaty as well as a violation of his fundamental rights.< /p>
The court therefore quashed the terrorism charges brought against Mr. Kanu by the Nigerian government and ordered his release from SSS custody.
But the government refused to release the IPOB chief, insisting that he (Kanu) might not be available for further legal proceedings if released and that his release would cause insecurity in the southeast.
The government, through the federal attorney general's office, appealed the court's decision and later obtained an order from the Supreme Court, staying the execution of the court's judgment. call for the release of Mr. Kanu.
Mr. Ejiofor said the government had 'virtually dropped the appeal by deliberately refusing to initiate legal proceedings to pursue the appeal', which it filed against the Court of Appeal's ruling freeing the leader of the IPOB.
The lawyer said that Mr. Kanu, whom he calls "Onyendu", ordered him to inform the world that the government, which "delayed" the hearing of the appeal against the leader of the 'IPOB, was "behind the attacks and murders in the Southeast".
“It is necessary to let the world know, as directed by Onyendu, that the people currently responsible for the delay in assigning a date for the expeditious hearing of this appeal at the Apex Court are the same people/institutions who are relentlessly funding the criminal activities of soulless elements who are fully paid to destroy our sacred land,” he said, without providing any evidence.
"Otherwise, the speedy hearing of this appeal will determine the release/freedom of Onyendu, and leave the criminal elements no choice but to leave/desert our land immediately," Mr. Ejiofor said.< /p>
He said that the head of the IPOB also asked everyone, especially the government...
Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has blamed those who delayed an appeal against him at the Supreme Court for the growing insecurity in the southeast , Ifeanyi Ejiofor, IPOB's lead attorney, said on Tuesday.
The lawyer, in a Facebook post, said Mr. Kanu said this when he (Ejiofor) and other members of Mr. Kanu's legal team visited the head of IPOB at the premises of the State Security Service (SSS) on Monday in Abuja. .
Mr. Kanu, who is facing trial on terrorism charges, was released on bail in April 2017. He fled the country after an invasion of his home in Afara-Ukwu, near Umuahia, Abia State, by the Nigerian Army in September 2017.< /p>
He was rearrested in Kenya and brought back to Nigeria in June 2021, some four years after fleeing the country.
On October 13, the Abuja Court of Appeal ruled that the head of IPOB had been extra-ordinarily surrendered to Nigeria and that this action constituted a clear violation of the country's extradition treaty as well as a violation of his fundamental rights.< /p>
The court therefore quashed the terrorism charges brought against Mr. Kanu by the Nigerian government and ordered his release from SSS custody.
But the government refused to release the IPOB chief, insisting that he (Kanu) might not be available for further legal proceedings if released and that his release would cause insecurity in the southeast.
The government, through the federal attorney general's office, appealed the court's decision and later obtained an order from the Supreme Court, staying the execution of the court's judgment. call for the release of Mr. Kanu.
Mr. Ejiofor said the government had 'virtually dropped the appeal by deliberately refusing to initiate legal proceedings to pursue the appeal', which it filed against the Court of Appeal's ruling freeing the leader of the IPOB.
The lawyer said that Mr. Kanu, whom he calls "Onyendu", ordered him to inform the world that the government, which "delayed" the hearing of the appeal against the leader of the 'IPOB, was "behind the attacks and murders in the Southeast".
“It is necessary to let the world know, as directed by Onyendu, that the people currently responsible for the delay in assigning a date for the expeditious hearing of this appeal at the Apex Court are the same people/institutions who are relentlessly funding the criminal activities of soulless elements who are fully paid to destroy our sacred land,” he said, without providing any evidence.
"Otherwise, the speedy hearing of this appeal will determine the release/freedom of Onyendu, and leave the criminal elements no choice but to leave/desert our land immediately," Mr. Ejiofor said.< /p>
He said that the head of the IPOB also asked everyone, especially the government...
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