The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), has threatened to cripple Nigeria over the trial of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu.
In a statement titled: “We will cripple Nigeria if the Federal Government thinks it can use Justice Binta Nyako to keep our leader in perpetual detention without trial’, the group threatened to cripple Nigeria if the Federal Government uses Justice Binta Nyako to keep Kanu in detention without trial.
The statement partly reads: “We the global movement and family of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) unequivocally condemn the attitude of justice Binta Nyako over the way she is handling the case of our Leader, Nnamdi Kanu, before her court. We are most shocked at her obvious prejudice and bias during the last court proceedings which resulted in her whimsical adjournment of the case to January 19th and 20th 2022.
“We wish to express our displeasure with Justice Binta Nyako’s handling of this case. How can a judge put a defendant on trial without legal representation? Justice Binta Nyako has always wanted to conduct a secret trial of this high-profile case which concerns the personal liberty and human rights of the accused. Her constant long adjournments, her open bias and willingness to do the bidding of the DSS have seriously eroded the confidence of the accused on the neutrality of the Judge in handling this case.
“Justice Binta Nyako has given us sufficient reason and ground to doubt her ability to give justice and fair hearing to our leader considering her antecedents and the manner and way the judge has been going about this case. Locking out the legal representatives including one of our Leader’s counsels from the US, Bruce Fein from the courtroom has only exposed Justice Binta Nyako’s biased and prejudiced disposition to this case before her.
“Our elders, traditional rulers, religious leaders, and political elite who are begging IPOB to soft-pedal must take serious note of the travesty and shenanigans playing out in Justice Binta Nyako’s courtroom. Our patience is not infinitely elastic”.
