A fresh press release from the indigenous people of Biafra (IPOB) is demanding clarification and explanation from the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on the exact offence committed by Nnamdi Kanu, their leader, to warrant his continued detention.
The IPOB presser released by Comrade Emma Powerful, Spokesperson, Media and Publicity, and Secretary to the Indigenous People of Biafra, yesterday, titled NBA SHOULD KINDLY TELL THE WORLD UNDER WHAT LAW NNAMDI KANU IS BEING TRIED,” was directed to the Nigerian Bar Association, the apex body of lawyers in the country.
The IPOB presser read in full
” Instead of renting washed-out and poorly lettered individuals who parade themselves on television and social media to comment on matters far above their understanding, the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) should do one very simple thing—since the court has refused to do it.
Let the NBA, as the supposed guardian of legal conscience in Nigeria, tell the world under what extant and subsisting law Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is being tried today. Just one question. Not two. Not three. Under what law? Because the last time we checked, the law under which he was allegedly charged has been repealed. And the court itself seems too shy—or too complicit—to admit that elementary fact.
So instead of entertaining retired commentators, recycled “legal analysts,” and political errand boys who can barely interpret a traffic sign, the NBA should kindly step forward and help Nigerians understand what law is actually in operation here.
If the judiciary won’t say it, the NBA should. Unless, of course, they too have decided that the rule of law is now a suggestion, not a standard. We are not asking for magic. We are asking for truth—the same truth the NBA once claimed to defend. The world is watching, and history is taking notes.”
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- Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who was mandated by the court to open his defence, proceeded to list high-ranking politicians like the Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, as witnesses. Reacting to the development, the FCT minister, Nyesom Wike, stated that he is ready to appear in court if summoned.
- Nnamdi Kanu, a British and Nigerian citizen, was kidnapped in Kenya and extradited to Nigeria in 2021. Kanu, the leader of the Pro Biafra group IPOB, has been in detention for 4 and a half years following a lengthy Judicial process criticised by many as mediocre by global legal standards.
