Ohanaeze Ndigbo, an apex Igbo socio-cultural group in Nigeria, has asked the Federal Government to unfailingly ensure that Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), appear in court on Thursday.
According to Ohanaeze, Kanu’s appearance is necessary, to confirm that the pro-Biafra group leader is sound healthwise.
POLITICS NIGERIA recalls that the Nigerian government via the Department of State Services (DSS) in July failed to produce Kanu in the Federal High Court in Abuja for continuation of his trial. Kanu had been controversially rearrested in Kenya.
When his case was called up, Government lawyer, M. B. Abubakar, blamed Kanu’s absence in court on what he termed as “logistical problems”.
Now, in a statement on Monday by the spokesman of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chiedozie Alex Ogbonnia, the group stated that it wants a fair trial for Kanu.
While calling on President Buhari to “ensure that our son, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is produced in court on Thursday, October 21, 2021”, Ohanaeze said. “This is necessary to prove to the global community that Nnamdi Kanu is not only hale and hearty but that shady judicial process is not contemplated while on trial”.
For more than a decade, Kanu’s fiery radio broadcasts and social media posts were thorns in the side of the Nigerian government but his transition to an armed struggle in 2020 was seen as a step too far.
The armed wing of IPOB – the Eastern Security Network (ESN) – has been accused of killing at least 60 people in recent months, most of them police officers, although the group denies the allegations.
Is there any proof that ESN killed almost 60 people especial police and what is main season DSS refused to bring Nnamdi Kanu in court for trial