- The Indigenous People of Biafra
(IPOB) has accused the federal government and the judiciary attempts
scuttle the trial of its leaders Nnamdi Kanu
- The group said the federal government and the judiciary are playing politics with the trail of its leader
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IPOB also urged the attorney general of the federation to release its
members in detention if the state has no case against them
The
Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Saturday, July 8, accused the
federal government and the judiciary attempts scuttle the trial of its
leaders Nnamdi Kanu.
The IPOB said the
federal government and the judiciary are playing politics with the
trail of its leader and three others detained in Kuje Prison.
A
statement signed by the IPOB's media and publicity secretary Emma
Powerful said it discovered that the federal government has postponed
the hearing of the matter scheduled for Tuesday, July 11 at the Federal
High Court in Abuja.
Powerful said: "All the
Federal Government and her security operatives especially the DSS are
doing is abducting and torturing those suspected to be IPOB members to
write an incriminating and confessional statements against our leader
Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and IPOB members in order to establish a case without
prove."
We
understand that the Federal Government, DSS and Judiciary have no case
against our leader and other members of IPOB who are under their custody
therefore, we urge the attorney General of the Federation to release
those under their custody unconditionally because they have no case to
answer.
The hearing were to commence
on Tuesday 11th July 2017 but the DSS brought in Bright Chimezie who has
been granted unconditional bail and compensation of N5 million by
Federal High Court Uyo in Akwa Ibom to delay the commencement of the
case," Powerful alleged.
He said:
"This is a Northern prosecution of Easterners who are Biafrans. They
have continued with the 1967-70 war against Biafra but only the
different is that this time they are using Fulani Attorney General of
the Federation, Fulani prosecutor and a Fulani judge to deal our
people."
He
added that it is unfortunate that the the people from the South-East
and South-South region of the country are yet to understand the
contraption of the British government in Nigeria.
He
said: "We are calling on all the men and Women of good conscience
around the globe, Human Right Watch, Amnesty International and other
relevant human rights organizations to prevail on Nigeria Government and
her Judicial commission to release Bright Chimezie who have been
granted bail by the court of competent jurisdiction and others still in
detention centers across the country because they committed no crime
against Nigeria state or any human being."
Philip Effiong Jr while speaking
with BBC faulted Kanu’s approach saying those agitating for Biafra were
not carrying the minority ethnic groups along.
He said the approach made the agitation look like a pure Igbo affair.
We understand that the Federal Government, DSS and Judiciary have no case against our leader and other members of IPOB who are under their custody therefore, we urge the attorney General of the Federation to release those under their custody unconditionally because they have no case to answer.The hearing were to commence on Tuesday 11th July 2017 but the DSS brought in Bright Chimezie who has been granted unconditional bail and compensation of N5 million by Federal High Court Uyo in Akwa Ibom to delay the commencement of the case," Powerful alleged.He said: "This is a Northern prosecution of Easterners who are Biafrans. They have continued with the 1967-70 war against Biafra but only the different is that this time they are using Fulani Attorney General of the Federation, Fulani prosecutor and a Fulani judge to deal our people."He added that it is unfortunate that the the people from the South-East and South-South region of the country are yet to understand the contraption of the British government in Nigeria.He said: "We are calling on all the men and Women of good conscience around the globe, Human Right Watch, Amnesty International and other relevant human rights organizations to prevail on Nigeria Government and her Judicial commission to release Bright Chimezie who have been granted bail by the court of competent jurisdiction and others still in detention centers across the country because they committed no crime against Nigeria state or any human being."Philip Effiong Jr while speaking with BBC faulted Kanu’s approach saying those agitating for Biafra were not carrying the minority ethnic groups along.He said the approach made the agitation look like a pure Igbo affair.
