Tag: IPOB

Obi Condemns Sit-at-Home Order, Calls for Strategic Approach to Insecurity

13Jul

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Law Enforcement, News, Nigeria, Security, Violence

Obi Condemns Sit-at-Home Order, Calls for Strategic Approach to Insecurity

South-east governors promise to deal with Simon Ekpa and other troublemakers Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, has strongly criticized the sit-at-home order imposed by a faction of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), labeling it as a criminal activity that inflicts suffering on innocent people. In a series of tweets, Obi called for a more strategic approach to address the escalating violence in the Southeast, Benue, and Plateau states. He expressed deep concern over the wanton loss of innocent lives due to communal clashes, banditry, and kidnapping activities across Nigeria. "The rising insecurity in the country leading to mindless bloodletting, particularly in the North Central zone of the country, and the continued disrup...

<strong>FG Denying Nnamdi Kanu Food, Drugs – IPOB</strong>

18Dec

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

Judiciary, News, Nigeria, Security

FG Denying Nnamdi Kanu Food, Drugs – IPOB

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has accused the Federal Government of denying its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu access to food and medications despite being sick. The group urged the whole world to speak out against the ill-treatment meted out to Mazi Kanu by the DSS in Abuja. This was disclosed in a statement issued by IPOB’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful on Saturday. The statement alleged that the Federal Government deliberately plans to eliminate Kanu at the DSS solitary custody. The statement read, “The Federal Government has deliberately planned to eliminate Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who is illegally detained in DSS solitary confinement. “Kanu is battling heart problems and some mineral deficiencies which require medical specialists’ attention, but the Fed...

Why FG Is Yet To Release Nnamdi Kanu Despite Court Order – Malami

28Oct

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

Judiciary, News, Nigeria

Why FG Is Yet To Release Nnamdi Kanu Despite Court Order – Malami

Abubakar Malami, the Attorney General of the Federation, has stated that the Federal Government is not convinced to free the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, despite a court judgment that acquitted and discharged him. Malami in an interview with Vanguard on Thursday said that Kanu’s rendition from Kenya cannot be used as the only yardstick to clear him of other crimes he has allegedly committed. According to the Justice Minister, the President Muhammadu Buhari administration was yet to free Kanu on account of four other offences which reportedly took place before the rendition matter for which the IPOB leader was discharged of. He said, “To release or not to release Nnamdi Kanu is a function of law and the rule of law for that matter. In arri...

Nnamdi Kanu’s Counsels Serve DSS, Malami Appeal Court Ruling

18Oct

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

Judiciary, Justice, News, Nigeria

Nnamdi Kanu’s Counsels Serve DSS, Malami Appeal Court Ruling

Nnamdi Kanu’s legal team has served copies of the judgment of the Court of Appeal that freed the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on the Department of State Services and the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN. Kanu’s counsels said that with the handover of the court order, the Federal Government is left with no choice but to free Kano from detention. This was disclosed by Kanu’s senior lawyer and lead counsel for IPOB, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, in a statement on the outcome of their visit to Kanu. Recall that the Court of Appeal in Abuja had on Thursday last week, discharged and acquitted Kanu on terrorism charges brought against him by the Federal Government. See Also: FG To Decide On Nnamdi Kanu Very Soon ...

Why Ban IPOB, Leave Miyetti Allah? Soyinka Questions FG

23Aug

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News, Nigeria, Security

Why Ban IPOB, Leave Miyetti Allah? Soyinka Questions FG

Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka has quizzed the handling of the farmer-herder clashes by the Federal Government. Soyinka in an interview with Channels Television questioned why the government was yet to ban the cattle group, Miyetti Allah, while it was quick to proscribe the Indigenous People of Biafra, seeking the secession of the South-East from Nigeria. The literary icon said, “My temperament does not accept that anyone should chase me out of my God-given earth. So, it’s a temperamental thing as well. See Also: Insecurity: Ondo Govt Offers N50k Reward To Residents “The idea that you can unleash terror on me because you want my little patch of territory or you want my soul, that is, you want to subjugate me, you want to turn me into a slave. Well, I would sort that out fi...

IPOB Declares No Interest in Peter Obi or Igbo Presidency

22Aug

By Osaretin BalogbanNo Comments

News, Nigeria

IPOB Declares No Interest in Peter Obi or Igbo Presidency

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, says its members do not accept the Presidential Candidate of Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, or any Igbo Presidency. The group reveals that their goal doesn’t change even if a candidate from the Southeast emerges as President, saying that Nigeria is irredeemable. The spokesman of the group, Emma Powerful, says that the Igbo supporters of Peter Obi are not part of its members as the IPOB is not interested in anyone contesting for the presidential Office. See Also: It’s Peter Obi’s Turn, Peter Okoye Tells Dino In a statement he signed, Powerful said: “The Igbo people rallying behind Peter Obi are not IPOB members because IPOB’s goal is the disintegration of the Nigerian enterprise irrespective of whether Peter Obi or anyone else from the ...

2023 Elections: Ohanaeze Begs IPOB To Allow Elections Hold In South-East

16Jul

By Kosi UchennaNo Comments

Biafra, Elections, News, Nigeria

2023 Elections: Ohanaeze Begs IPOB To Allow Elections Hold In South-East

The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has urged the Indigenous People of Biafra not to destabilise elections in the South East ahead of the 2023 elections. The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has urged the Indigenous People of Biafra not to destabilise elections in the South East ahead of the 2023 elections. The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has urged the Indigenous People of Biafra not to destabilise elections in the South East ahead of the 2023 elections. The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has urged the Indigenous People of Biafra not to destabilise elections in the South East ahead of the 2023 elections. Recall that IPOB spokesperson, Emma Powerful had said on Thursday that ...

How Native Doctors Aided Attack On My Home – Nnamdi Kanu’s Lawyer

7Jun

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security, Violence

How Native Doctors Aided Attack On My Home – Nnamdi Kanu’s Lawyer

One year after the invasion of his house by security operatives, the lawyer to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, Monday, demanded the release of his three staff members who are still being kept in detention. While describing June 6, 2021, as “Black Sunday”, he said the attackers on his house in Oraifite, Anambra State were “aided by two native doctors whose bodies were dotted with charms”. According to him, “the murderers in security uniforms” scaled through his fence and laid siege to his ancestral home from about 2:30am until past 3:30 am, during which time they fired sporadically in different directions and viciously expended live ammunition on his domestic staff. He said during the invasion, his chief driver, Felix Okonkwo, and two o...

Stop Bloodshed In South-East, Release ‘Mama Biafra’, Nnamdi Kanu Begs

24May

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria

Stop Bloodshed In South-East, Release ‘Mama Biafra’, Nnamdi Kanu Begs

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has urged that the killings in the South-East should stop. Kanu also demanded the immediate release of Mrs Ukamaka Ejezie, a newspaper vendor popularly known as ‘Mama Biafra’ in Abia State. The IPOB leader was quoted as speaking during a visitation to him in the Department of State Services custody by his younger brother, Emmanuel Kanu. The IPOB leader was said to be saddened by the reports of Killings across the South-East. Emmanuel stated that his brother “does not believe in bloodshed”, adding that Nnamdi Kanu was not happy that bloodsuckers are on the loose in the South-East almost unchallenged. Kanu was also quoted as saying that all those behind the current killings in the South-East must be held accounta...

‘Nnamdi Kanu Will Be Shocked’ – Lawyer On Beheading Of Anambra Lawmaker

23May

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Crime, News, Nigeria, Security

‘Nnamdi Kanu Will Be Shocked’ – Lawyer On Beheading Of Anambra Lawmaker

Ifeanyi Ejiofor, a counsel of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has reacted to the beheading of Okey Okoye, a member of the Anambra State House of Assembly, by unknown gunmen. Ejiofor said Kanu would be “gravely shocked” to learn of such killings in the South-East. He lamented that blood-sucking demons have taken over the South-East. Gunmen had kidnapped the deceased, who represents Aguata II State constituency in Aguata, a few weeks ago. But the police discovered Okoye’s head without a body on Saturday. The lawmaker’s decapitated head was recovered at a motor park in Nnobi. Reacting to the incident, Ejiofor said Kanu would not condone such acts in the South-East. In a statement, Ejiofor said those behind such killings in the South-East...