By Seun Opejobi The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has warned against the continued detention of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, stress...
By Seun Opejobi
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has warned against
the continued detention of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, stressing that such an
action would sink Nigeria.
IPOB’s spokesman, Emma Powerful, issued the warning in
response to a call by the Coalition of Northern Group, CNG, urging President
Bola Tinubu not to release Kanu.
Powerful described the Northern coalition as clueless for
urging Tinubu not to release Kanu.
In a statement he signed, Powerful reminded the coalition
that an Appeal Court sitting in Abuja had discharged and acquitted Kanu, hence
Tinubu should order his release.
He urged Tinubu to act on the advice of Nigerians asking him
to release the IPOB leader in the interest of Nigeria.
He charged the group to steer clear of Kanu’s illegal and
unconstitutional detention “or we will shred what is left of their relevance.”
According to Powerful: “The herdsmen Coalition of Northern
Group (CNG) that are advising the Nigerian President to allow the law to run
its course are so clueless that they didn’t realize that the Appeal Court of
Nigeria in Abuja has already discharged and acquitted Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
“The Nigeria government is in violation of both local and
international laws.
“IPOB, as a lawful and peaceful movement, will legally sink
Nigeria locally and internationally if they refuse to be a democratic country
and release our leader, and call for a United Nation’s supervised referendum.
“The earlier this government takes the advice from
reasonable people around the world and release Kanu unconditionally and pay him
the compensation as the Abuja Court of Appeal and Umuahia High Court ruled, the
better for everyone. The continuous illegal detention of Mazi Nnamdi KANU as
the Coalition of Northern Bandits desires will sink Nigeria and all its
beneficiaries.”
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