IPOB: Abia court judgement on Nnamdi Kanu has redeemed Nigeria’s judiciary image to some extent

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The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has described yesterday’s judgement of the High Court of Abia State, Umuahia declaring that the Federal Government has persistently violated the fundamental rights of the IPOB leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, as a step in the right direction with capacity to redeem the battered image of the country’s judiciary.

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Declaring this in a press statement, Thursday, Comrade Emma Powerful, IPOB  Media and Publicity Secretary, urged other judges handling IPOB matter to help salvage completely the battered image of judiciary in Nigeria in the eyes of their global colleagues in the judiciary.

He noted that since September 14 , 2017,  when  the Nigeria security invaded Nnamdi Kanu’s  country home in Afarukwu Kingdom, Ibeku Umuahia, “with the single objective to eliminate him, but God Almighty, Chukwu Okike Abiama, saved him,  no court in Nigeria has been brave enough to condemn the barbarity and brutality of the military until this judgement.”

Powerful said:  “It is true that the award of N1billion damages by the court cannot equate or compensate the enormous loss of life occasioned by that barbaric military action; however the symbolism is very clear. The Umuahia High Court ruling exposed the truth about the goings-on to eliminate anybody found as supporter and sympathiser of Biafra agitation.

“The judgement also vindicated our leader who never jumped bail contrary to allegation, but only escaped assassination by the military.

“The recent trumped-up charges preferred against our leader,  Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, are another indication that NIGERIA has nothing against him. The best thing for Nigeria government and its security is to release our leader, Mazi Nnamdi KANU, unconditionally, and redeem their image across the world because the world is watching what is going on in Nigeria. NIGERIA should give us date for Referendum to ascertain whether or not our people want to continue with the so called One NIGERIA.

“The only thing that can stop the agitation is date for Referendum on the freedom for the people of Biafra. We will continue to win NIGERIA in every Court,” he noted, expressing appreciation to the efforts of Kanu’s Special Counsel, Barrister Aloy Ejimakor, and his legal team “for securing true judgment in this matter.”

Most importantly, he applauded the Presiding Judge, Justice Benson Anya, for his courage to “declare the infamous military invasion of our leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s house, illegal, saying, “we commend the court for granting justice to our leader at a time Nigeria judiciary is fast losing the confidence of the world due to compromised rulings by some corrupt judiciary officers.”/SHARE THIS

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