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Ebonyi Government Threatens To Punish Residents Who Will Obey Sit-At-Home Order

18Jan

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Biafra, News, Nigeria, Security

Ebonyi Government Threatens To Punish Residents Who Will Obey Sit-At-Home Order

Ebonyi State government has warned residents of the state against obeying the sit-at-home order issued by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), ahead of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu's court outing, IGBERETV reports. IPOB’s spokesperson, Emma Powerful had announced that a sit-at-home protest will be observed in all states in the South-East region on Tuesday January 18, the scheduled date for continuation of trial of the proscribed group's leader. However reacting to the order, Ebonyi government directed that all markets and parks in the state should open for business as failure to do so will attract “severe punishment”. See Also: Ike Ekweremadu Visits Nnamdi Kanu With Some Igbo Leaders Nwachukwu Eze, Ebonyi commissioner for markets and parks said in a statement; “All markets and...

Nnamdi Kanu, Asks UN, US, UK To Send Representatives To Witness Trial

12Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Judiciary, News, Nigeria

Nnamdi Kanu, Asks UN, US, UK To Send Representatives To Witness Trial

Detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has asked the United Nations, Governments of the United States of America and United Kingdom to send representatives to witness the seven-count amended charge preferred against him and pending at the Federal High Court, Abuja Division due to continue on the 18th, 19th and 20th of January, 2022. In June 2021, the IPOB leader was arrested in Kenya and extradited to Nigeria to face treason charges. He was subsequently arraigned and brought before Binta Nyako, a judge of the Federal High Court in Abuja, who asked him to be remanded at the DSS custody. Kanu is facing charges bordering on treasonable felony instituted against him at the court in response to his agitation for the Republic of Biafra. He was gra...

Traitors, Saboteurs Met, Told Buhari Not To Release Kanu – IPOB

10Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria

Traitors, Saboteurs Met, Told Buhari Not To Release Kanu – IPOB

The Indigenous People of Biafra has said saboteurs and traitors within its ranks are the ones forcing President Muhammadu Buhari, not to release its leader, Nnamdi Kanu. In a statement on Sunday, the group’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Mr Emma Powerful, claimed that the alleged saboteurs and traitors held a meeting with Buhari and advised the President not to release Kanu. The statement also claimed that the “enemies of the freedom struggle,” after meeting the President in Aso Rock, misinformed him that IPOB and the Eastern Security Network had been defeated. The group, therefore, advised the President not be deceived by what it described as “blacklegs and sacked members of the movement,” who are feeding him with fake information about IPOB and the ESN for pecuniary interests. ...

Nnamdi Kanu Can Defend Himself In Court –IPOB

9Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Judiciary, News, Nigeria

Nnamdi Kanu Can Defend Himself In Court –IPOB

The Indigenous People of Biafra has said that its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, can defend himself in court. The group said Kanu will trash allegations levelled against him by the Nigerian Government. This was disclosed in a statement by IPOB's Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, on Sunday. The statement said, "We are the global movement and family of the Indigenous People of Biafra under the command and leadership of Nnamdi Kanu. Our attention has been drawn to the statement by President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria that he will not release our leader. "We know that this position by Buhari after he had earlier promised a delegation of Igbo leaders that he would consider their appeal to consider a political solution for Kanu, was not unconnected with the visit by some foreign-b...

Ike Ekweremadu Visits Nnamdi Kanu With Some Igbo Leaders

9Jan

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Biafra, News, Nigeria

Ike Ekweremadu Visits Nnamdi Kanu With Some Igbo Leaders

Former Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has said that he visited leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, in the custody of the Department of State Services. Though he did not specify the date and time of his visit to Kanu, he said his visit was in line of seeking political solution for the release of the IPOB leader. Ekweremadu said he went in company with some Igbo leaders like Deputy Minority Leader of the Senate, Enyinnaya Abaribe; Secretary-General, Okey Emuchay; and Archbishop of Methodist Church of Nigeria and Co-Chair Interfaith Dialogue Forum for Peace, Bishop Sunday Onuoha. He also reacted to President Muhammadu Buhari’s remarks on Channels Television interview on Wednesday where he said Kanu should defend himself in court. Speak...

Buhari’s Statement On Nnamdi Kanu Unfortunate; Igbo Leaders’ll Meet Him Again – Ohanaeze

6Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria

Buhari’s Statement On Nnamdi Kanu Unfortunate; Igbo Leaders’ll Meet Him Again – Ohanaeze

The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has said it plans to visit and have a meeting in early 2022 with President Muhammadu Buhari over his statement that the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu must face the consequences of his actions in the court of law. Buhari during an interview with Channels Television on Wednesday evening said Kanu would not be released but must face the wrath of the law. The President had said there was possibility of political solution for the pro-Biafra separatist leader, but he would not interfere with the judiciary. "So, we are giving him an opportunity to defend himself in our system, not to be abusing us from Europe as if he was not a Nigerian. Let him come here with us and then criticise us here. Nigeri...

Politicians Behind Insecurity In Imo – Nnamdi Kanu

1Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security

Politicians Behind Insecurity In Imo – Nnamdi Kanu

Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, on Friday released what could be his New Year message for 2022 which, he said, would herald divine grace and favour of unimaginable proportions. Kanu said the recent arrest of a former governorship candidate in Imo State, Uche Nwosu, by the police had vindicated him and IPOB members as the people behind the raging violence and insecurity in the state. Kanu’s position was made known in a message by the head of his legal team, Ifeanyi Ejiofor. Read Also: Unknown Gunmen Troubling Imo Are Policemen Sponsored By Governor Uzodinma – Okorocha The statement was titled, ‘Update on our routine visit to our indefatigable client – Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu at the headquarters of the Department of State Security, Abuja on December 30 20...

IPOB Lambasts Kaduna Governor, El-Rufai For Likening pro-Biafra Group To Terrorists

22Dec

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria

IPOB Lambasts Kaduna Governor, El-Rufai For Likening pro-Biafra Group To Terrorists

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has called the Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai's likening of the group to terrorists and bandits as provocative and mischievous. IPOB said it remains a peaceful organisation with global relevance, adding that El-Rufai has displayed utter ignorance by comparing it with blood-sucking criminals. The group assured that the governor will soon appear before International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague for allegedly sponsoring Fulani herdsmen to clandestinely kill innocent people in Southern Kaduna. IPOB said this to react to El-Rufai's statement on Tuesday that IPOB is not different from terrorists and bandits, whom he said deserve to die. Read Also: IPOB Warns Presidential Spokesperson, Garba Shehu, Against Falsehood This was con...

IPOB Denounces Cannibalism, Says Cannibals Arrested In South-East Not Members

22Dec

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Biafra, News, Nigeria, Press Statement, Youths

IPOB Denounces Cannibalism, Says Cannibals Arrested In South-East Not Members

IPOB Denounces Cannibalism, Says Alleged Cannibals Arrested In South-East Not Members Of Pro-Biafra Group. The group also blamed the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma for the recent abductions and gruesome killing of traditional rulers in the state The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has denied that any of its members are cannibals following the recent arrest of alleged cannibals said to members of the pro-Biafra group and its militia wing, Eastern Security Network (ESN). The group also blamed the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma for the recent abductions and gruesome killing of traditional rulers in the state. It disclosed this in a statement by its spokesperson, Emma Powerful, which was made available to SaharaReporters on Tuesday. The statement read, “Following the in...

IPOB Reacts To Murder Of Imo Monarch Whose Corpse Was Dumped At Market Square

15Dec

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Biafra, News, Press Statement

IPOB Reacts To Murder Of Imo Monarch Whose Corpse Was Dumped At Market Square

The pro-Biafra group separatist group said, “The global family of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) under the command and leadership of our great leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu strongly condemns the gruesome murder of the traditional ruler of Njaba by unknown and fake gunmen created by evil politicians in Imo State. “We hope that the Supreme Administrator of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, is enjoying the handiwork of the monsters he incubated and nourished in his desperation to demonise IPOB and ESN (Eastern Security Network)? “Things are going wrong in Imo State because of threats Hope Uzodinma gave all traditional rulers and stakeholders in the state. He had threatened that any of them who did not do his bidding would have himself to blame, and today his threats have become real. See Al...