Buhari Has A Heart Flowing With Milk, He Will Release Nnamdi Kanu To Me – Orji Kalu

 

 

Former Abia State governor, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu, has said that the issue of Biafra is a very big one in Nigeria today, adding that he is waiting for President Mohammadu Buhari’s “mind to calm down” for him to personally appeal for the release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.

 
While expressing optimism that the president will give him all the needed attention on Kanu’s release, he added that the younger generation has the right to ask for Biafra, only that it should go through the right process.

Why Nnamdi Kanu Apologised to Nigeria – Lawyer

A lawyer to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra and founder of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, Mr. Vincent Obetta, has explained why his client apologised to Nigerian government.

Obetta said “there is nothing irregular” about the apology tendered by his client to President Muahammadu Buhari, former President Goodluck Jonathan and Igbo elders for his “uncomplimentary” comments against them.

The lawyer had earlier denied that his client tendered such apology to the Nigerian government.

Biafra: Kanu’s Handwritten Statement Apologising to Buhari, Jonathan 

Leader of the Independent People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, wrote the letter in which he apologised for unsavory remarks he made about President Muhammadu Buhari, ex-president Goodluck Jonathan and Igbo leaders, contrary to claims by IPOB and his lawyer.

The PUNCH had reported on Wednesday that Kanu had expressed regret for referring to President Muhammadu Buhari as a terrorist, evil and a paedophile in his radio broadcasts.

IPOB, his family, and lawyer, Vincent Obetta, however, denied that he apologised to anyone.

Obetta claimed that the Federal Government was only trying undermine the 48-year-old and his cause.

“The government is using every instrument to puncture what we are doing,” he said.



Despite apologising for casting aspersions “on the person and the office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,” Kanu was adamant that he would continue to fight for Biafra.

He said IPOB’s secessionist agenda was informed by the “incessant hardship, lack of holistic development in the socio-economic landscape of Nigeria, lack of youth employment, corruption in high offices and economic regression.”

He added that the agitation by IPOB, which, according to him, was founded in London in 2012 by a group of people from the South-South and South-East regions of the country, was in line with the United Nations Charter on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ratified by African countries, including Nigeria.

Kanu, who said he intended to write a private letter to Buhari to express his apology to the President, also apologised to former President Goodluck Jonathan and Igbo elders for “some uncomplimentary things” he said about them. Documents obtained from the court, however, showed that the apology was contained in a handwritten statement by the Biafran leader. Credit to: Punch Nig News

Face Whatever You See If Kanu Dies in Detention – Aka Ikenga Tells Buhari

Igbo Think Tank, Aka Ikenga on Wednesday described the continued detention of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu by the Department of State Service (DSS), despite bail by a court as “executive lawlessness”.

Face whatever you see if Kanu dies in detention – Aka Ikenga tells Buhari

Its President, Goddy Uwazurike, told Daily Independent, that Igbos will hold the government of President Muhammadu Buhari responsible if Kanu dies.

He said: “It is executive lawlessness to detain a man who has been unconditionally released by the court of competent jurisdiction. That is what the law says. That is why the judiciary is there.

“The rule of law is a cardinal part of our democracy; so when the court gives judgement, everyone obeys. It is not for the government to prosecute and adjudicate at the same time. To continue to detain a man after he has been freed is nothing but executive brigandage.

“Of course, the federal government is asking for something bigger than what is happening now if anything untoward should happen to Kanu while in detention. What is right is right, what is wrong is wrong. It is wrong to keep a man in detention after he has been freed by the court.

Director of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu Apologises to Buhari, Jonathan

 

Embattled Director of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has apologised to President Muhammadu Buhari for referring to him as “a terrorist, evil and a paedophile” in some of his radio messages.

The Federal Government had charged Kanu, alongside two others, before a Federal High Court in Abuja on six counts of treason and other ancillary offences.

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, in a statement he made to the Department of State Service, DSS, on October 23 said he intended to write a private letter to Buhari to express his apology for his comments.

The 48-year-old pro-Biafran agitation leader in the statement also apologised to former President Goodluck Jonathan and Igbo elders for “some uncomplimentary things” he said about them in his broadcast messages.

Kanu who has been in custody of the DSS since his arrest in Lagos on October 14, 2015 was however unapologetic about his demand for a Republic of Biafra.

The prosecution, in its summary of the case, alleged that in one of the radio broadcasts by Kanu on August 1, 2015, he expressed his resolve to actualise the Republic of Biafra and “cast aspersions on the person and the office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria”.

Release Nnamdi Kanu Now Or Heaven Will Strike 

Prophet Anthony Nwoko of the Church of God has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to grant Nnamdi Kanu’s immediate release otherwise “Heaven will strike”.

Prophet Nwoko urged the President to urgently release the detained leader of IPOB as it was an act of injustice to detain a man who did not commit any crime.

“Buhari must release Nnamdi Kanu with immediate effect, otherwise the heavens will strike,” he said.

He challenged religious leaders in the South East geopolitical zone to “step forward now and fulfil God’s mandate for the Igbo nation.

Nnamdi Kanu is Now Our Hero  APGA chieftain

Elder statesman and Igbo leader, Chief Rommy Ezeonwuka has hailed the release from detention of Nnamdi Kanu, the Director of Radio Biafra and leader of Indigenous People of Biafra by the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.

He described the development as a great news as it will douse the already heated tension surrounding his detention.

Ezeonwuka, who is a member of the Board of Trustees of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) while speaking in Onitsha, told newsmen that Kanu’s discharge from the case leveled against him by the DSS, was a landmark victory for justice, Ndigbo and the masses who were agitating for their right in a way they decided to do it.

He said by so doing, the court had once more proven to be the last hope of the common man.

He said, “Kanu has emerged as a hero of Ndigbo and nobody can take that away from him. His agitation leading to his arrest and detention has made our voice to be heard, opened our wound to the glaring notice of the people that matters in Nigeria and I believe that something good will follow the issues he raised, therefore the issues surrounding him have to be given serious attention. In my capacity as Ogirisi Igbo, I want to advice him to listen to our elders’ advice on how to address our problems. I’m sure he must have realized that we are all behind him now, so let him take our advice.”

According to the APGA chieftain “the issue of Biafra is all about the wellbeing of the Igbo man in the Nigerian setting and Biafra is as good as a dream come true when the roads are fixed, when the lights shine uninterrupted, when jobs are available for youths, when there is enough federal presence in the southeast, when the federal appointments are balanced among the geopolitical zones and when the Igbo man is president. That is Biafra in my opinion.”

Source: Daily Post News

Jubilation in Enugu as Nnamdi Kanu Regains Freedom

ENUGU-Wild jubilation erupted in major streets of Enugu metropolis,Thursday, as the news of the release of detained Director,Radio Biafra,Nnamdi Kanu filtered in.

Nnamdi was arrested on October 17, by security operatives, shortly after he arrived Nigeria from his base in the United Kingdom which prompted over one month groundswell protests in the south-east and parts of south-south geopolitical zones demanding for his unconditional release.

Vanguard moved round Ogui Road,New Haven streets in Enugu,people especially youths were in a frenzy mood just as most relaxation spots were filled to the brim occasioned by his release.

New Leader of the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra,MASSOB,Uchenna Madu who has being the arrowhead of the struggle for Kanu’s release said that,”the discharge,acquit of charges against Kanu by

Court Grants Nnamdi Kanu Unconditional Bail

A Federal High Court (FHC) in Abuja has ordered the unconditional release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mr. Nnamdi Kanu from the custody of the Department of State Security Service.

Kanu who is also the Director of Radio Biafra was ordered to be released immediately by Justice Adeniyi Ademola.

Delivering ruling in a bail application filed and argued by his lawyer, Vincent Obeta, Justice Ademola also set aside an order earlier granted the DSS to detain Kanu for 90 days to enable the security agency complete their investigation.

Court Orders DSS To Release Nnamdi Kanu With Immediate Effect

The Federal High Court, Abuja, has ordered the Department of State Service, DSS, to immediately release the detained Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu. Justice Adeniyi Ademola led Federal High Court ruled that the continued incarceration of Kanu by the DSS was unlawful.

Nnamdi Kanu was yesterday discharged by Justice Shuaibu Usman of the magistrate court in Wuse II, Abuja, of all counts of criminal conspiracy, intimidation and leading an unlawful society brought against him by the federal government. The DSS had asked to withdraw the case at the lower court for a higher court, which has jurisdiction to handle charges bordering on terrorism.

Nnamdi Kanu has been detained for over 90 days despite a Court order granting him bail in October.

 

Source:  The Breaking Times