- By Femi Alabi
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has called on the Nigerian government to stop the trial of its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
IPOB is of the opinion that both the Appeal and Supreme courts had ordered Kanu’s immediate release from detention even as it quashed the charge against him.
The group made this known in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Emma Powerful on Monday.
Emma noted that the group will only stand by “the judgment of the Appeals Court, which ordered that Mazi Nnamdi KANU, not to be tried anymore in any Nigerian court, no matter what happens. The Supreme Court Judges agreed with them but lacked the courage and integrity to uphold the Appeals Court judgment”.
Emphasizing why they will stand by the Appeal Court judgment, IPOB emphatically said it would stand on ‘no more court trail of Mazi Kanu’.
IPOB said: “In view of the above scenarios and other considerations, the IPOB family worldwide, therefore, firmly stands on NO more court trial of our leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. We call on President Almad Bola Tinubu to unconditionally release our leader and other innocent IPOB members in various detention facilities across the country.
“No amount of illegal abduction, detention, extrajudicial killings, and forceful disappearance will stop the quest for Biafra independence and the call for a referendum. IPOB has come to restore Biafra, and it is either Biafra or Biafra. That is our oath, and so help us, GOD.
“No matter what they do today, we stand by “discharged and acquitted.” They know very well that they have no case against him or the organization that he leads. They are just utilizing the weak and bastardized instrumentality of the law in Nigeria to detain and persecute him. NIGERIA, LET OUR LEADER GO!
“The persecution of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and other innocent IPOB members will continue to destroy Nigeria’s image locally and internationally now and into the future. President Ahmed Bola Tinubu has been told by many that he has to release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu unconditionally because self-determination is lawful domestically and internationally”.