IPOB, Ohanaeze Reacts To Court Refusing Nnamdi Kanu Bail | READ DETAILS
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), and Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex Igbo socio-cultural group, has blamed the court’s refusal to grant Nnamdi Kanu bail on President Muhammadu Buhari.
Justice Nyako Binta of a Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, refused to grant the bail application filed by the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), who is in DSS detention. READ HERE
Reacting in a separate interview, spokesman of the IPOB, Emma Powerful, and Secretary, South-East Zone of Ohanaeze, Chief Damian Okeke-Ogene, said the body language and statement of President Buhari in Rwanda influenced the judge’s ruling yesterday.
Buhari had in Kigali, Rwanda ruled out bail option for the separatist group leader.
“Buhari’s recent statement in Kigali, Rwanda was a testament that he has lost focus because he said he won’t interfere in the judicial process on Nnamdi Kanu, but was talking with both sides of his mouth.
“IPOB understands the body language of Buhari and his Federal Government that they will influence Justice Binta Nyako to drop bail applications for Nnamdi Kanu’s freedom.
“But we are ready to wait for them. We want to use this medium to inform humanity, particularly Biafrans to stay calm and that victory must come to us” Powerful told PUNCH.
On his own part, Okeke-Ogene, said;
“If you assess the President’s comments and utterances before today’s court sitting, you will understand that he was not interested in releasing the young man because he knows that doing so will bring happiness to the people of the South-East, who are longing for his release.
“Although, the court has adjourned the matter, but Buhari’s recent utterances in the build up to the court sitting greatly influenced the decision of the court and the President knows that keeping Kanu means that the insecurity in the South-East will continue because the people see him as their idol and they want him released.”
