IPOB Tackles FG for Alleged Biased in Kanu’s Case

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) threatened to shut down the country on Friday in response to the Federal Government’s biased handling of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu’s, trial.

The group, which condemned the manner in which some of Kanu’s lawyers were denied entry into the courtroom by Department of State Services personnel during the resumption of his trial on Wednesday, claimed that the judiciary was being used to keep Kanu in detention indefinitely without trial.

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In a statement titled, ‘We will cripple Nigeria if the Federal Government thinks it can use Justice Binta Nyako to keep our leader in perpetual detention without trial,’ IPOB’s Director of Media and Publicity, Emma Powerful, stated that whether the Federal Government liked it or not, it remained committed to the actualisation of Biafra.

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The statement partly read, “We the global movement and family of the Indigenous People of Biafra unequivocally condemn the attitude of Justice Binta Nyako over the way she is handling the case of our leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, before her court.

“We are most shocked at her obvious (alleged) prejudice and bias during the last court proceedings which resulted in her whimsical adjournment of the case to January 19 and 20, 2022.”

“Justice Binta Nyako is engaging in judicial rascality and impunity at the behest of the Federal Government of Nigeria aimed at keeping our leader in perpetual detention without trial. This rascality only portrays that Binta Nyako is simply playing the script handed over to her by the Fulani caliphate of which she belongs to.

“We wish to express our displeasure with Justice Binta Nyako’s handling of this case. How can a defendant be on trial without legal representation? Justice Binta Nyako has always wanted to conduct a secret trial of this high-profile case which concerns the personal liberty and human rights of the accused.”

“Justice Binta Nyako has given us sufficient reasons and grounds to doubt her ability to give justice and fair hearing to our leader considering the manner the judge has been going about this case.”