Justice Binta Nyako of the
Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, yesterday, fixed December 1 to decide whether
Nnamdi Kalu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra,
IPOB, should be released on bail, pending his trial, or not.
According to Vanguard, the
court said it would also consider the merit of separate bail applications by
three other pro-Biafra agitators, Mr. Chidiebere Onwudiwe, Benjamin Madubugwu
and David Nwawuisi, who are facing trial alongside Kanu.
The four defendants are
answering to an 11-count charge bordering on treasonable felony and their
alleged involvement in acts of terrorism. Specifically, the Federal Government
alleged that the four conspired to commit treasonable felony contrary to and
punishable under Section 516 of the Criminal Code Act, CAP. C38 Laws of the
Federation of Nigeria, in 2014. Government alleged that they committed the
offence along with others now at large, on diverse dates in 2014 and 2015, in
Nigeria, London and the United Kingdom.
Meanwhile, at the resumed
sitting yesterday, the defendants, who are currently at Kuje Prison, through
their respective lawyers, urged the court to release them on bail pending the
determination of the case against them. Whereas Kanu moved his bail application
through his lawyer; Mr. Ifeanyi Ejiofor, Onwudiwe was represented by Mr. I.
Adoga, while Madubugwu and Nwawuisi were represented by Mr. E. I. Efeme and Mr.
Maxwell Okpara, respectively.
However, government lawyer,
Mr. Shuaibu Labaran, vehemently opposed the release of any of the defendants on
bail, insisting that they would constitute “a threat to national security.”
Meanwhile, the family members of the IPOB leader,
Mazi Nnamdi Okwu Kanu, have accused the international media outfits in the
world, particularly Cable Network News, CNN, and British Broadcasting
Corporation, BBC, Aljazira and other media companies of being bias against
their son Mazi Kanu and the struggle for Biafra actualization.
In a statement signed by
Prince Emmanuel Okwu Kanu for the family; it described the current court case
situation of Nnamdi Kalu as unfortunate, in that the media outfit that are
supposed to be resolute in educating the people of the world on truth turned
its back to stab the truth.
The statement read;
“It is unfortunate that
CNN, BBC and other international media companies that suppose to be resolute in
educating the people of the world on the truth turned back and stab the truth.
The CNN and BBC were paid by the Obama government and British Government not to
air news concerning Biafra struggle and Nnamdi Kanu, which is not fair,
Aljazira was a bit fair for the news of Biafra and for the release of my
brother Mazi Nnamdi Kanu who is being incarcerated since one year and some more
months now.
We the members of the
family are worried on why the international media outfits in the class of CNN
and BBC cannot tell the entire world the truth instead they were allowed to be
bought over by evil people in the world, we do not believe before now that
outfits like CNN and BBC can be so cheap and loose to the level that they will
not proves the ethics of journalism. However, they fail to understand that
people around the globe believe in their news before, but today they are no
more relevant in the face of general public because of their lies, people
believe more on tweeter messages, Facebook and other social media outlets and
newspaper reports now.
With this, very soon Radio
Biafra will build an international media outfit, if it is not already in that
class, that will compete with the compromised international media outfits like
CNN and BBC.
The Obama administration
recognize, defend and support Muslims in the world in everything more than the
Christians and he and his administration collaborated with the CNN and BBC in
every evil committed by the Muslims. the American and British ambassadors in
Nigeria were also in collaboration with the BBC, CNN and Muslims to kill
unarmed members of IPOB who were massacred in a cold blood in different cities
in Nigeria and the support for the illegal detention of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and
other IPOB members detained illegally in all the prisons and security cells in
Nigeria.
The ambassadors in their
support for senseless killings of IPOB members by the security agents in
Nigeria but for one day have never condemned the killing, is a clear indication
that they are aware of the barbaric attitude of security agents in Nigeria. It
is imperative to let the people of the Nigeria and the world to know that
Nigeria is never one nation and cannot be one because it is nations with
different value system before amalgamation in 1914 and we ask these three
nations of Arewa, Oduduwa and Biafra to ask themselves this question, ‘who are
you before amalgamation in 1914?’ you must trace your origin before it is too
late.”
Source: Vanguard
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