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I Didn’t Say Anything About IPOB On Imo, Anambra Killings – Nnia Nwodo

4Oct

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Biafra, Nigeria, Security

I Didn’t Say Anything About IPOB On Imo, Anambra Killings – Nnia Nwodo

Immediate past President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo has distanced himself from a media publication ascribing to him statements on the killings in Imo and Anambra states. The story, according to Nwodo, had it that he blamed the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, for the killings in the southeast states. But Nwodo in a reaction to the online publication, on Sunday, said it was unfounded, maintaining that he never spoke to anybody on such a controversial issue. He dismissed the story as emanating from mischief makers and urged the general public to ignore it. See Also: IPOB Declares War on Hoodlums Enforcing Sit-at-home on Mondays Nwodo said: "My attention has been drawn to a publication alleging that I made a statement on the recent killings in Imo and Anambr...

Kanu’s Release A Challenge S’East Leaders Must Achieve – Ohanaeze

23Sep

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Biafra, Judiciary, News, Nigeria

Kanu’s Release A Challenge S’East Leaders Must Achieve – Ohanaeze

The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation; Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has described as unnecessary the plan by Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB to lock down the South-East, noting that it will inflict more injuries on the people of the region. Ohanaeze said to bring Nnamdi Kanu out from detention was a task the leaders of the South-East must achieve, adding that other means to bring him out other than the court process was being considered. The organisation’s National Publicity Secretary, Alex Ogbonnia, said he didn’t believe it was IPOB as couched by Kanu that issued the threat. He said, “I am aware that since Nnamdi Kanu went in, we have cacophony of voices as representing Nnamdi Kanu. We have two to three denominations of IPOB now, but the one that appeals to people now is the one that ...

Nnamdi Kanu Files Suit Against Kenya Over Extradition to Nigeria

16Sep

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Biafra, Judiciary, News, Nigeria

Nnamdi Kanu Files Suit Against Kenya Over Extradition to Nigeria

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has sued Kenya over his extradition to Nigeria. The pro-Biafra activist’s brother, Kingsley Kanunta, sued on his behalf, according to court papers obtained by our correspondent In his petition presented by Luchiri and Company Advocates, Kanu argued that his arrest in Kenya and subsequent extradition to Nigeria in June were unconstitutional. Those named as respondents are Kenya’s Interior CS, Director of Immigration, Director of Criminal Investigations, OCPD Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, and the Attorney General. Nigerian officials on June 29 claimed Kanu was brought back to face trial after he jumped bail and went on the run in 2017. The petition revealed that Kanu was in Kenya to seek medical atte...

IPOB Declares War on Hoodlums Enforcing Sit-at-home on Mondays

15Sep

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Biafra, News

IPOB Declares War on Hoodlums Enforcing Sit-at-home on Mondays

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, said it has declared war on anybody found enforcing sit-at-home order, on Mondays. Describing such people as saboteurs, the pro-Biafra group added that the weekly Monday sit-at-home has been suspended. In a statement, Media and Publicity Secretary of IPOB, Comrade Emma Powerful, while reacting to several complaints on the activities of hoodlums who are believed to be members of IPOB, harassing residents every Monday, warned that such people will face the wrath of IPOB. “If we catch anybody disturbing the peace of Biafrans or residents in Biafra land under the guise of enforcing non-existent sit-at-home order, such a person regrets his actions because he will receive the reward of traitors. “IPOB is a responsible organization with reasoning...

South East Loses ₦10 Billion Every Sit-At-Home Day – Umahi

14Sep

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Biafra, News, Nigeria

South East Loses ₦10 Billion Every Sit-At-Home Day – Umahi

Chairman, South East Governors forum and Governor of Ebonyi state, Chief Dave Umahi on Sunday evening said the zone loses over N10 billion in every sit-at-home the people of the region observe. Since the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Mazi Nnamdi Kanu was arrested, the organisation has declared every Monday sit-at-home until he is released. Umahi said in every of the sit-at-home, the zone lost over N10 billion and expressed dismay that the order was adversely affecting the economy of the region. The governor spoke in Abakaliki, the state capital during a State Dinner in honour of the former Chief of Army Staff and Nigeria’s Ambassador to the Republic of Benin, Tukur Buratai. He noted that the state would not subscribe to incessant calls for sit-at-home, insist...

There Is Light At End Of The Tunnel – Nnamdi Kanu’s Lawyer Says After Visit To IPOB Leader

10Sep

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Biafra, Judiciary, News, Nigeria

There Is Light At End Of The Tunnel – Nnamdi Kanu’s Lawyer Says After Visit To IPOB Leader

Ifeanyi Ejiofor, the lead legal representative for the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has asked his followers not to lack focus as they battle to secure Kanu’s release. Ejiofor added that he visited Kanu in the custody of the Department of State Services, DSS, on Thursday The lawyer also stated that the operatives of the DSS who treated them inhumanely in recent weeks were different during the latest visit to the separatist leader. Ejiofor disclosed this in the statement made available to SaharaReporters on Thursday night. He also said Kanu was elated to see his brother and thankful to his supporters. The statement read, "I visited our indefatigable Client, Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu in the company of his younger brother- Prince Emmanuel ...

DSS Stopped American Lawyer, Others From Visiting Kanu —Counsel

3Sep

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Biafra, Nigeria, Security, United States of America

DSS Stopped American Lawyer, Others From Visiting Kanu —Counsel

Ifeanyi Ejiofor, Lead Counsel for the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has said that the Department of State Services stopped the detainee from seeing his lawyers on Thursday. Ejiofor, in a statement on Friday, said the secret police denied himself and other lawyers including “IPOB’s Attorney in the United States, Bruce Fein”, from meeting with Kanu. He described the denial as a violation of the order of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja which ordered that the DSS should allow the lawyers to visit Kanu twice a week. The lawyer had previously alleged maltreatment by the DSS during the routine visits. See Also: IPOB Members Arrested During Meeting in Ghana Ejiofor’s statement on Friday was titled, ‘Update On Yesterday’s Visit Being 2nd Day Of...

Gov Umahi Threatens To Sack Workers, Seize Shops Of Traders Who Sit-at-home

30Aug

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Biafra, News, Nigeria

Gov Umahi Threatens To Sack Workers, Seize Shops Of Traders Who Sit-at-home

Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has directed the immediate seizure of shops whose owners obey the sit-at-home order by the Indigenous People of Biafra on Monday. The governor also ordered the immediate sacking of civil servants who fail to show up at work on Monday, and called on security chiefs in the South-East zone to deploy security officers to the streets to avert the breakdown of law and order. IPOB had reviewed its sit-at-home order in the South-East, saying it will only be observed on days their leader, Nnamdi Kanu will appear in court. Initially, the directive was that the sit-at-down, tagged Ghost Monday, would be observed every Monday. Read Also: South-East Govs, Elite Can’t Decide Igbo’s Fate, IPOB Replies Umahi IPOB’s spokesperson, Emma Powerful, said the r...

Nigeria Must Continue To Exist: Obasanjo Rules Out Yoruba Nation, IPOB

28Aug

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Biafra, News

Nigeria Must Continue To Exist: Obasanjo Rules Out Yoruba Nation, IPOB

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday did not mince words about the unity and indissolubility of Nigeria when he said the country that sprawl over 923,768 km² with over 200 million people will continue to exist no matter what happens. He spoke during the Book Launch and 85th Birthday of Eminence Prelate Sunday Mbang of the Methodist Church Nigeria which was held at the Admiralty Centre, Naval Dockyard, Victoria Island, Lagos State. Obasanjo, who was the Convener of the programme in honour of Mbang, described the former President of the Christian Association of Nigeria as a lover of Nigeria. The book, a memoir, chronicling the journey of the octogenarian, was titled, ‘My Life and Times’. Obasanjo, 84, said the “many enemies” who don’t want to see the country’s continued c...

DSS Forced Kanu’s Lawyers to Wear Slippers – Ifeanyi Ejiofor

27Aug

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Biafra, News, Nigeria

DSS Forced Kanu’s Lawyers to Wear Slippers – Ifeanyi Ejiofor

Ifeanyi Ejiofor, the lead counsel to the leader for the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has accused the Department of State Service of subjecting Kanu’s lawyers to treatments meted out to hardened criminals on visits to their client who is in detention. See Also: There Is Light At End Of The Tunnel – Nnamdi Kanu’s Lawyer Says After Visit To IPOB Leader Ejiofor, who said they visited Kanu in the DSS custody on Thursday’e disclosed this in a statement on Thursday titled ‘Update on today’s visit being 26th day of August 2021.’ The statement reads partly, “Lawyers on this visit were searched in a manner akin to a situation where hardened criminals are being searched for possible incriminating objects. “They were traumatised not only because they were inhumanly treated, bu...