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Nnamdi Kanu: IPOB Not Defending Christians, They're Thieves Out To Promote Terrorism - Buhari

Olufemi David OLUFEMI DAVID - Tuesday, August 31, 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari has described the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, as thieves.

Buhari insisted that IPOB led by Nnamdi Kanu are thieves promoting terrorism.

The president argued that IPOB is not defending Christians in the Southeast.

In a statement by his mouthpiece, Garba Shehu, the president lamented the group’s attack on police stations and government facilities in the Southeast, NAN reports.

Buhari maintained that the Kanu-led group are not freedom fighters.

The statement reads partly: “Further afield in the South-East, IPOB are not struggling for freedom when they attack police stations and property, but rather committing acts of terrorism,” to steal money.

“IPOB is not defending Christians, as their highly paid foreign lobbyists claim when almost every citizen of those states they terrorize is uniformly Christian.”

The president also appealed to Nigerians to unite against, “those who seek to divide us for their own nefarious financial and political gain.”

Biafra: Nnamdi Kanu Sends Message To His Supporters From DSS Custody

Olufemi David OLUFEMI DAVID - Tuesday, August 03, 2021

Detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has thanked his supporters.

His comments were contained in a statement signed by his lead counsel, Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor, on Monday.

According to Ejiofor, they were able to see Kanu, following weeks of speculations and uncertainties.

“He is firm and stable, less the burden of solitary confinement and concomitant mental torture arising therefrom.

“Though the Detaining Authority is giving him medical attention but he still requires advanced medical care, which formed substantial part of the relief in our application before the Court.

“He specifically requested that we should extend his heartfelt compliment to Millions of his supporters worldwide and all foreign Governments and institutions who are relentlessly following up. Media houses are indeed not left out of this classification.

“We are winning but your prayers are doing wonders, don’t relent, as you continue to remain law abiding,” he said.

Ejiofor promised to give frequent updates, “now that the visit will be more regular than before.”

Kanu has been in custody of the Department of State Services, DSS, since he was rearrested and repatriated from an undisclosed African country

"Resigning Our Sovereignty To The Americans And Acting As If They Are God Is Utterly Shameful" - FFK Reacts To The Suspension Of Abba Kyari

Olufemi David OLUFEMI DAVID - Monday, August 02, 2021

We have insisted on due process and the presentation of hard evidence before my friend and brother Sunday Igboho can be extradited from Cotonou to Nigeria.

We have condemned the illegal manner in which the Kenyan authorities kidnapped Nnamdi Kanu and returned him to Nigeria.

Those that are complaining about us asking for due process and insisting on the presentation of hard evidence before a court of law before Abba Kyari can be extradicted to America are myopic and naive.

You cannot insist on due process for Igboho and Nnamdi Kanu and deny it to Abba Kyari.

You cannot be selective in your application of justice.

You cannot have it both ways: you either believe in the rule of law or you do not. You either believe in due process, fairness, equity and justice or you do not.

We stood up for Allen Onyeama of Air Peace when the Americans wanted his head. In the end he was vindicated as there was no hard evidence against him and we discovered that the whole thing was a conspiracy to destroy him and take over his business.

Why should we not accord Abba the same benefit of the doubt or protection given the fact that he is also a Nigerian. Or is it that some Nigerians are more equal than others?

The fact that Abba is a policeman or a northern Muslim does not mean we should feed him to the dogs. The fact that he was in SARS does not mean we should crucify him.

Resigning our sovereignty to the Americans and acting as if they are God by considering one of our own guilty simply because they have indicted him or wish to investigate him is utterly shameful.

I accord the same presumption of innocence unless and until proven guilty by a court of law to Abba as I do to Sunday and Nnamdi.

I refuse to apply the rules and the law selectively. I refuse to allow my emotions to becloud my better judgement.

I refuse to associate myself with any witch hunt or to be infected by a herd and lynch mob mentality.

This is because I have been a victim of such myself many times in the past and I know what it is like.

We are all equal before the law and we must not apply it selectively or on a regional, religious or ethnic basis.

It is Sunday, Abba and Nnamdi today: it could be you tomorrow. And when that happens the only thing left to protect you from injustice are God and the law.

Morale of the tale: always be cautious before you condemn and assume guilt and always insist on hearing the other side of the story and seeing the evidence before you accept the assertions and allegations of either the state or an individual as being true and valid.

There is nothing more grievous before God than to send an innocent man to the gallows or to wrongly accuse the innocent and it comes with curses.

- Fani Kayode

When Nnamdi Kanu Was Abducted From Kenya You Hailed It, Why Calling For Due Process Now- Reno Omokri

Olufemi David OLUFEMI DAVID - Saturday, July 31, 2021

When DSS stormed Sunday Igboho’s house at midnight and killed innocent people while also arresting a cat, you hailed it.

Now, you are calling for due process and understanding for Kyari?

You that were jumping up and down when some people, who should be more concerned about killer herdsmen, bandits and Boko Haram, placed a bounty on Nnamdi Kanu, are the one now saying FBI should mind their business?

You are now now saying Nigeria does not have an extradition treaty with America (we do), but you were hailing Buhari for putting pressure on Benin Republic to extrajudicially extradite Igboho to Nigeria?

Shebi Yoruba, Igbo and North are all represented here? Let us do Federal Character and treat them the same.

Super cop ko, super cup ni. Now your cup is full. Your shame is shaming me!

#TableShaker

Prevent Buhari Govt From Harming My Husband - Nnamdi Kanu's Writes British Govt

Olufemi David OLUFEMI DAVID - Saturday, July 31, 2021

The wife of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Uchechi, has called on the British government to prevent President Muhammadu Buhari-led government from subjecting the IPOB leader to further harm.

Uchechi stated this in a letter forwarded to the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of the United Kingdom, UK, Dominic Raab MP.

The wife of the IPOB leader noted that only Raab can end her nightmare with Kanu in detention.

Uchechi’s call was contained in the letter by Kanu’s UK legal team, Bindmans LLP.

Bindmans LLP sent the pre-action letter on behalf of the Kanu family to Raab MP, challenging his ongoing failure to provide consular assistance to the IPOB leader who is a British national.

Nnamdi Kanu: SSS Invades Hotel, Arrests Two ‘Americans’ For Taking Pictures Of Federal High Court

Olufemi David OLUFEMI DAVID - Monday, July 26, 2021

The State Security Service has arrested two foreigners who are guests at Treasure Suites, a hotel opposite the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court for taking pictures of the court premises from their hotel balcony.

The foreigners, who were white and assumed to be Americans by police officers at the scene, were taken away in a white Toyota Hilux vehicle by SSS agents and police officers.

“They even entered the hotel and got the manager to show them their CCTV footage to be able to locate one of the men and seized his phone,” a police officer told Peoples Gazette at the scene.

A woman who was believed to be the manager of the hotel was spotted outside with the SSS officers pleading with them not to drive the foreigners away from the hotel. Her pleas were ignored.

Another police officer told The Gazette the Americans may not be tortured, saying they would only be questioned and asked to delete the footage.

“They will not do anything to them, they will only ask them to write statements and delete the footage they took,” the officer said under anonymity to avoid being sanctioned for offering comments to the media.

“Anything you do, you cannot enter this courtroom today,” the officer said. He declined to identify himself.

A spokesman for the SSS did not return requests seeking comments about the arrests from The Gazette.

A controversial list that circulated on Sunday night contained 10 media outlets purportedly accredited to cover today’s proceeding in Mr Kanu’s trial. The Gazette was not on the list and did not solicit to be included. The Nigerian law allows all media organisations to cover court proceedings.

Today has been the adjourned date to hear the case of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, who was controversially abducted by Nigerian agents and repatriated to Nigeria from Kenya on June 29.

As part of an aggressive measure to put in place to deny lawyers, journalists and other court observers access to the premises for the proceeding, the court has been heavily guarded by SSS agents. The officers shut down the two major roads leading to the federal court facility.

The measures intensified after Aloy Ejimakor, Mr Kanu’s lawyer, rallied supporters of the separatist leader to make themselves available at the trial without fear.

“It is important to state that, anybody who wishes to come is not doing anything illegal, provided such a person comes in peace. Kanu’s trial is an open trial, not a secret trial, and he’s presumed innocent until proven guilty,” Mr Ejimakor said.

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