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Published on the Biafra Post 
September 6, 2023 


He stressed that the DSS is not in a position to handpick Orders and Judgment of the Court of Law to obey and those to flout with impunity.

 

Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has sued the Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Mr. Yusuf Magaji Bichi, for alleged refusal to release his (Kanu) medical records with the DSS in-house medical doctors as ordered by the court.


Kanu’s lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, who made this known in a statement said that His Lordship, Hon. Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court July 20 directed the DSS to among others, avail Kanu of his full medical records from June 21, 2021 till date.

Ejiofor said that “Although Kanu has been examined by medical doctors of his choice outside the facility of the SSS, his medical records with the DSS in-house medical doctors are yet to be released to him, to enable his choice medical doctors make a holistic informed recommendation on his further prescriptions, and plausible medical solution(s).

“Our last check on the extant Act of the National Assembly that created the institution of the State Security Services (DSS) revealed that no Section of the Law provided for the institution (DSS) to be ABOVE THE LAW. Intrinsically, the DSS is under a binding obligation to obey the Orders and Judgment of the Court.”


He stressed that the DSS is not in a position to handpick Orders and Judgment of the Court of Law to obey and those to flout with impunity.

“Otherwise, why was the DSS quick to remand Kanu in their custody on the 29th day of June 2021, upon an Order granted by the same Judge, who has now directed them to avail Kanu of his medical records, and they have failed to comply with the later order?”

Ejiofor added that “Recently, the personnel of the DSS have extended their acts of lawlessness by denying Onyendu access to visitors of his choice, in clear violation of a subsisting Court Order. However, our erudite Lead Counsel – Prof. Mike Ozekhome (SAN) has swung into action by commencing contempt proceedings against the Director General of the DSS to demand immediate compliance with all the Court Orders that the DSS is currently violating with impunity.”

He said that “Efforts are currently underway by our erudite Lead Counsel – Prof. Mike Ozekhome (SAN) to secure an imminent date for the Hearing of the Appeal at the Supreme Court following the cancellation of the earlier scheduled date of 14th September, 2023. We shall formally communicate to members of the public once a new date is secured.” 


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By Chimaobi Nwaiwu
Published on the Biafra Post 
September 6, 2023. 

THE Methodist Archbishop of Okigwe Archdiocese and Bishop of Okigwe Most Rev. Biereonwu Livinus Onuagha has warned that the continued detention of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPoB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is a time bomb in the hands of Nigeria and the people holding him.



Archbishop Onuagha who was reacting to the alleged media publication that the Ohaneze Ndigbo is pleading with the Northern elders and Asari Dokubo for the release of Mazi Nandi Kanu, described such plea coming from any Igbo group as arrant nonsense, saying that Ohaneze Ndigbo as led by Chief Emanuel Iwuanyanwu or any responsible Igbo group cannot beg Northern elders or a Niger Delta ex-militant who is still publicly brandishing AK 47 for the release of Mazi Kanu.

Archbishop Onuagha said that Mazi Kanu did not commit any offense and the courts of competent jurisdiction in Nigeria has cleared him of Al the charges leveled against him and therefore here is no reason to plead to anybody for his release.

Describing Mazi Kanu as a hero and voice of Ndigbo, Archbishop Onuagha said that the only crime Mazi Kanu has committed is just being an Igbo man and standing up like no one in recent time to demand for what rightly belongs to Ndigbo.

The Methodist Archbishop wondered why over fifty years after the Nigerian Biafra Civil War ended the Nigerian state and Nigerias are still bearing grudges and treating Ndigbo as if they are not part of the country.

According to Archbishop Onuagha, “I read today in a newspaper that the Ohaneze Ndigbo is pleading with Northern elders and Asari Dokubo for the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, and I wonder if such report is correct.”

“It really beats my imagination if Ohaneze Ndigbo has done something like that or do we now have two strands of Ohaneze Ndigboin Nigeria. Number one is such plea should be made, should it be to such inappropriate quarters. What is the crime or offense that Nnamdi Kanu committed and why is Nnamdi Kanu still in captivity.

“Number two, on what basis is anybody or group pleading for Nandi Kanu’s release, are you pleading because he committed treasonable felony which the courts says he did not commit or are you pleading because he has broken any other law of the country, what exactly is anybody or group pleading for if that story is true.

“Nnamdi Kanu has done nothing wrong to be detained for this long. The only crime of Kanu is that he is an Igbo man and has stood up like no one in recent time to save Ndigbo like Moses of the old in the hands of Pharaoh.

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“Let me say it again that any Igbo man who is trying to plead for the release of Nnamdi Kanu without giving us reasons why he is doing that is only begging the issue. For me Nnamdi Kanu is a hero in life or in death. He is asking like no one is doing now what rightly belongs to Ndigbo.

“Yes you stopped the Nigeria Biafra Civil War in 1970, 1970 to 1980 is ten years,1980 to 1990 is twenty years 1990 to year 2000 is thirty years, year 2000 to 2010 is forty years and 2010 to 2020 is fifty year, this is fifty three years after the civil war ended and the so called Nigeria State is still beating grudges against Ndigbo, why, what did Igbo people do wrong.

“Like I asked in my previous write ups that before the Nigeria Biafra Civil war, who were at the elm of affairs of the economic life of this nation, was it not Igbomen, who were at the helm of affairs in the educational sector and institutions in this nation, was it not Ndigbo, who were at the people at the helm of affairs in the transportation industry in Nigeria, were they not Igbomen, and what happened in those days? Yes I remember that in those days, Igbo men went up to the North and established Secondary Schools, like Igbo Grammar School in Kano, Igbo Union School all over places that trained both Igbo’s and non Igbo’s and people from other nationalities living in NigeriaIgbomen. Is that the crime or sin of Igbo man in Nigeria.

“Igbomen were given bushes to develop because people didn’t want them in cities, and they gave them bushes they called Sabon Geri in the Northern language and Igbo men opened and developed them to cities, is that the crime or sin of Igbo men in Nigeria. You go to the Yoruba land all the swampy areas in Yoruba land particularly in Lagos State they pushed Ndigbo into the swamps and they recovered and reclaimed those swamps from the rivers and developed them to cities,is that the sin and crime of Ndigbo.

“I really want to know why those who are said to be pleading for the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, why they are doing that, if Nnamdi Kanu says that “Nigeria is a zoo, is he far from the truth with what is happening in Nigeria today. A place where somebody will commit crimes and offenses and you will leave the person and be chasing an innocent person to punish, leaving the substance, object and chasing shadow. Nigeria leave offenders and pursue law abiding people. Law breaker are everywhere walking free while innocent people are humiliated and punished on daily basis.

“In Nigeria today Asari Dokubo said to be a former Nigerian Delta militant brandishes AK 47 in the open to all Nigerians and threatens whoever he likes, ex-militant, the military and Police saw him and nobody talked up till this moment but Nnamdi Kanu never lifted a gun and you have called him terrorist and all sorts of names. When he say that this place is a zoo, is he far from the truth,‘is this not a zoo where the lion will eat every animal and brandish all sorts of power and kill anything it want to kill.

“If anyone or group is pleading with Northern elders and Asari Dokubo to release Nnamdi Kanu, you are simply making a mistake, such is a misplaced plea, they are not the owners of Nigeria and have no such power to determine who is free and who is not. I am not sure that Ohaneze Ndigbo as led by respectable Chief Sir Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu will ever descend to such level to plead for the release of Kanu when the court of competent jurisdiction has set him free from every charge they maliciously leveled against him.

Pleading to who, Nnamdi Kanu will rather chose to stay in detention instead of accepting his freedom on condition of such plea. He is never a coward. He is a time bomb waiting to explode in the hands of Nigeria and those holding him. The earlier you release him the better for you and the country, so anybody who is pleading for his release is making a hell of mistake, and no tru Igbo man will plead for his release, it is those sell outs that will do such rubbish.

For me Nnamdi Kanu is the voice of Igbo people, if you imprison him you have imprisoned every Igbo man. What type of life are we still living in this nation. We are to most militarized section of this country. The North where you have Boko Haram and Bandits is free and you vacant travel long distances from Jos to Maiduguri, Jos to Kasuna,Jos to Sokoto in the night you will not see any military or police check points but here in the East,every two poles you see Militaryand Police check points, not that they are providing security but extorting motorists and traders.

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Published on the Biafra Post 

August 26, 2023 
 


The Campaign for Equal Rights and Opportunities for all Nigerians, CERON, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to release the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu to ensure the restoration of peace in the South East.



CERON made the appeal Thursday in a statement by its Secretary, Francis Odiir who said the call became necessary following the growing earnest demands by people of goodwill that the IPOB leader be released to stem the insecurity in that part of the country.




Odiir noted that the continued detention of the Mazi Kanu was in no small measure fueling the insecurity in the South East.



He noted that “a free Nnamdi Kanu holds the key to the restoration of peace in the South East where all manner of individuals have been issuing orders and pronouncements destabilising the East with claims that they were doing it for and in the interest of the IPOB leader.



“These orders including the sit-at-home which has been used to cripple socio-economic activities in the South East and to other parts of the country, by extention, cannot be allowed to continue because what affects the South Easts affects all parts of the country.



“If these groups or individuals who are behind these acts claim they are doing it for the sake of Kanu, we believe that the activities of these set of groups and individuals can be effectively checked if the man they claim they are agitating for is released from detention.




“Moreover many Nigerians believe that if he is released he should be able to calm his followers and call them to order and by so doing ensure the return of peace in that part of the country.



“The Federal Government can achieve this by handing the IPOB leader over to a notable personality from the South East who should be held responsible and accountable for his whereabout and his activities.



“That should not be too much for the Federal Government to do in order to rescue the South East from the grip of those behind the heinous crimes recorded almost on a daily basis in that part of the country, in the name of agitating for Kanu.”

    

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Published on the Biafra Post 
August 26, 2023 


The lawmakers said unconditional release of Kanu is the main panacea for peace in the south east.



Chairman of the committee, Obinna Aguocha, made the plea at a hearing of the committee, yesterday, saying: “As we navigate the complexities of security concerns, we must also be prepared to tackle the roots of these issues at their core and work to ensure lasting solutions that would stand the test of time.”



He noted: “Absolute peace, reduction of crime and criminality, investment in meaningful infrastructure development, ending the unproductive sit-at-home and improving economic growth and opportunities in the south east, start with government’s recognition of the rule of law, justice, and equitable inclusion of the south east zone in Project Nigeria, and the unconditional release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu from unlawful detention, to ensure lasting peace and security in the entire region.”




The House had, prior to embarking on its ongoing recess, pledged to wade into the matter, following a similar demand through a motion.


Aguocha said: “The challenges we face are not mere statistics or headlines; they are real-life manifestations that affect the lives of our people, disrupt the functioning of our institutions and communities, thus impeding growth of our region.”



According to the lawmaker, instances of criminal activities, banditry, kidnapping, assassinations, communal and religious clashes, and threats to life have shaken the very foundation of society. Therefore, “as leaders and stakeholders, it is incumbent upon us to come together, transcend our differences, and find sustainable solutions that will quell these threats and pave the way for a brighter future.”



He added: “We recognise that insecurity cannot be combated by one entity alone; it does require a collective, multi-faceted approach that encompasses various perspectives and expertise of law enforcement agencies, community leaders, policymakers, scholars, and citizens.




“The cross-border dynamics of the primary focus areas bring additional complexity to the challenges of the task ahead. The common borders, shared with four other states connect the primary focus areas to Ebonyi State via Isiagu, Enugu State via Agwu, Imo state via Okigwe and Anambra via Awka.



“The opportunity for interstate collaboration presents itself and must be explored to foster regional participation. The challenges faced by one state ripple across its neighbors, and therefore, our strategies for resolution must be all-inclusive. By synergising our resources, expertise, and perspectives, we can create a stronger front against insecurity and strengthen the bonds that bind us together.”

    

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Report by :  Anyi kings
Published  by the Biafra Post
August 21, 2023

It is no longer news that for the very second time Mazi Nnamdi Kanu  in compliance with the court order for his right to access  his choice of medical doctor has undergone medical checkups  outside DSS dungeon in what seems to be one of the top best hospital in Abuja the capital city of the zoo called Nigeria . A hospital and  a top  physician  chosen and approved by his dear wife Mrs Uchechi  Okwuchukwu Nnamdi Kanu.

But humanity  will continue  to ponder what would  has been the fate of the leader of over 70 million Indigenous  people Biafra  if the DSS plan for Mazi Nnamdi Kanu's ear to undergo through the knife 🗡  by Dss recommended doctor inside dss dungeon without  fierce resistance by IPOB leadership . The outcome  is better now being  imagined than reality.

As report filtering in from the recent medical report by the top physician that took care of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu's medical  checkup has it that , our leader mazi Nnamdi Kanu is lucky enough for not have ever  undergone such ill advised ear surgery in the DSS dungeon.  According to  report the deteriorating ear complication of  Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is coursed by  substandard medicines, drug  that is been administered to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu by Dss  physician that is taking care of his ear and other of his  ill health in DSS facility.  This is according to medical report from a reliable source  who is in a direct contact with his chosen physician.  The doctor further warns that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu's  ear do not need to undergo any surgery whatsoever while insisting that dss doctor must release to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu his previous medical reports by dss doctor for further and thorough study this is in line with  justice Bita Nyako  latest court verdict on Mazi Nnamdi Kanu's  health conditions  a victory  added to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu  by the effort of his learned counsel led by his  legal luminary chief Mike Ezekome  (SAN ) and Barr. Ifeanyi Ejiofor . All thanks to the leadership of IPOB  the Directorates Of States for been proactive in taking the right decision most especially Mazi Chinasa Nworu who earlier raised the alarm and opposed the ill advised surgery by Dss doctor with a superior argument that some one who shots you gun cannot be allowed to treat you .(Onye gbara mmadu Egbe adighi ebe ya mbo ) Igbo adage.

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IPOB press release 
Published on the Biafra Post 
August 21, 2023 


We the global family and movement of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) ably led by the great and indefatigable liberator Mazi Nnamdi Okwuchukwu KANU condemn the continuous adjournment of our Leader's case by the Supreme Court of Nigeria in their efforts for our Leader to remain in the DSS solitary confinement in Abuja. 



It is with greatest disappointment and bewilderment that we received from our Leader’s Lead Counsel Prof. Mike Ozekhome (SAN) the shocking news of the cancellation of the date earlier scheduled for the Hearing of our Leader’s Appeal before the Supreme Court. 




The afterthought and flimsy reason being that the 14th of September 2023, earlier scheduled for the Hearing of the case has caught up with the Supreme Court’s Annual vacation. To say the least, this is the worst form of travesty of justice and violent destruction of the rule of law at its epic. If we may ask, was it not in an open Court that the Justices of the Supreme Court that sat on the Appeal on the 11th day of May 2023, adjourned the matter to the 14th day of September 2023?



It is also our understanding that the 14th day of September 2023 adjournment was not granted as a matter of course, the adjournment date was carefully considered against the background of the Federal Government’s deliberate ploy to thwart the proceedings of that day by applying for time to file their papers even when they were clearly out of time, and the Appeal was consequently, adjourned to the 14th day of September 2023 for Definite Hearing. 



If the present intention of the Apex Court is not a rape of democracy and clear subversion of the course of justice, how could they have adjourned to the 14th day of September 2023 without being guided by their diary, which contains the entire schedule of activities and holidays of the Supreme Court for the entire year?




May we, therefore, invite the Supreme Court to note as follows:




1) To start with, the world and indeed the members of the public are to note that the “Stay of Execution” in a criminal trial is both criminal and unconstitutional. It is tantamount to the destruction of the tenets of criminal law jurisprudence because it is not supported by any judicial authority or extant laws or criminal practice direction of the Court of Appeal. 





What the Federal Government of Nigeria did was to procure a panel of the most corrupt judicial officers in the Court of Appeal to sit on an unprecedented Appeal against the decision of the same Court, and the criminal venture was perfected and carefully executed. Hence, our leader is today, still being illegally and unconstitutionally confined to solitary confinement at the SSS dungeon in Abuja due to the illegal Order of the judicial putschists.



2) Contrary to the widespread misinformation, our leader is being detained without a charge pending against him in any Court of law, which is against the law and constitution of Nigeria. By the authority of the judgment of the Court of Appeal delivered on the 13th day of October 2022, the seven-count charge that was pending against our leader before he approached the intermediate Court was buried in its entirety, having been discharged and effectively forbidden from being prosecuted again in any Court in Nigeria on any indictment or offence of any nature.




3) The style of successive adjournment basically at the instance of the Federal Government of Nigeria is to justify the illegal detention of our leader, which is clearly an abuse of judicial process.



4) Our leader has been in detention for one year since he was discharged by the Court of Appeal. Yet, the government that Appealed the decision discharging our leader is not interested in prosecuting the matter because they are aware that they will still lose at the Supreme Court. 



5) It is highly unfortunate that an Apex Court operating within the ambit of constitutional democracy will support the emasculation of their own Laws just to spite one man and what he represents.



6) The cancellation of this date on the frivolous ground that the scheduled date is caught up with the Apex Court annual vacation is against the Supreme Court’s own rules governing criminal trials that are subject to accelerated Hearing. It is to be observed that the unfolding events goes to demonstrate that the Supreme Court of Nigeria is not abiding with their own rules by constantly adjourning the case of our Leader. 





We, therefore, call on responsible foreign Governments, institutions, and international communities to immediately prevail on the Supreme Court of Nigeria to Hear Our Leader’s Appeal so that this case will be promptly determined.



How can you justify in law and fact, that an innocent man who was discharged and acquitted by the Nigerian Court of Appeal since the 13th day of October 2022, and freed of any wrongdoing is still today, being held in solitary confinement without any Order of Court or law backing up the illegal and unconstitutional violation of his rights? It is, indeed, a grave subversion of the course of justice by the highest Court in the land, in their clandestine connivance with the Federal Government of Nigeria.



If the Federal Government of Nigeria is no longer interested in prosecuting their Appeal, our Leader should be immediately released in line with the Order of the Penultimate Court made on the 13th day of October 2022. 



COMRADE EMMA POWERFUL

MEDIA AND PUBLICITY SECRETARY FOR IPOB.


    

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Published on the Biafra Post 
August 11, 2023 


Southeast Governors have said that the arrest of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is not responsible for the deteriorating insecurity in the region.




The Governors insisted that criminal elements, rather than agitators, were responsible for the violent crimes in the region.

Chairman of the Southeast Governors Forum Hope Uzodimma stated these while addressing journalists after the forum’s meeting in Enugu on Thursday.


When asked what the Governors were doing to free Kanu from detention and end the insecurity situation in the region, Uzodimma said: “I don’t know how you relate the name of Nnamdi Kanu with the violence, kidnappings, beheading of human beings, the burning down of homes and palaces of traditional rulers to Nnamdi Kanu.

“But, if you have any evidence, please you may wish to approach us after this session”.


Also, in a three-point communiqué read out to newsmen, the Southeast governors insisted that perpetrators of the insecurity in the region and their sponsors were criminals and should not be seen as legitimate agitators. 



According to the communiqué: “We wish to state categorically that the perpetrators of the insecurity in our region and their sponsors are criminals and should not be seen as legitimate agitators. 

“Therefore, upon arrest, they should be dealt with in accordance with the laws of the land”.




The forum firmly resolved to fight insecurity decisively in the region individually and collectively, in partnership with the federal government and other stakeholders.



It commended the security agencies for their cooperation thus far and encouraged them not to relent.

The Governors, who met with the chief of naval staff, and other security chiefs in their meeting, further resolved to hold the security and economic summit on a date to be announced soon. 

Those in attendance are; Hope Uzodimma of Imo State, who is the chairman of the forum; Prof. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State; Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State; Alex Otti of Abia State and the host, Peter Mbah of Enugu, the host.


On the plan to relaunch Ebubeagu in the region, Uzodimma said, “That has to do with the details of the programme of the forum of governors working in partnership with the federal government to deal with the insecurity in the region. When the details are out, we will let you know”. 

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