Tag: Nnamdi Kanu

IPOB: Court orders FG to pay Nnamdi Kanu N1bn as damages

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An Abia State High Court, presided over by Hon. Justice Benson Anya in Umuahia, the state capital, yesterday awarded N1 billion damage in favour of the detained leader of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, against the Federal Government. Kanu, through his lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, had approached the court seeking N5 billion damage against the Federal Government over the alleged invasion of his father’s house on September 10, 2017, by the military. Hon. Justice Anya described the invasion of Kanu’s Afaraukwu residence as notorious and brazen. He…

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IPOB: FG files fresh terrorism charge against Nnamdi Kanu

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…Amends charge from 7 to 15 counts The Federal Government yesterday entered fresh terrorism allegations against the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Counsel to the IPOB leader, Aloy Ejimakor, confirmed the development to newsmen yesterday. The FG, in the amended process it filed before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, increased the counts in the initial charge it preferred against Kanu. The IPOB leader, who was hitherto facing a seven-count treasonable felony charge, will now enter his fresh plea to a 15-count…

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Nnamdi Kanu: IPOB/ESN activities making political solution difficult – Lai Moh’d

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The Federal Government has strongly condemned the recent gruesome murder of two policemen, warning that those who carried out the killings, videotaped their heinous act and circulated such will be apprehended and brought to justice. In a statement issued in Lagos on Monday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, described the abduction of three policemen and the killing of two of them, in the most horrific, barbaric and cannibalistic manner, as an unacceptable attack against the State. ”We have credible information that ASP Francis Idoko, Inspector Emmanuel Akubo…

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2023 Presidency: ‘Nnamdi Kanu weakens S/East’s chances of producing credible candidate’ – Yakasai

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A founding member of the Arewa Consultative Forum, (ACF), and elder statesman, Alh. Tanko Yakasai, says the secessionist agitation by the embattled leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, weakens the chances of the Igbo people to produce a credible presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections. According to the 96-yr-old statesman, who spoke in an interview on a television programme yesterday, the South-East geo-political zone must convince Nigerians beyond any reasonable doubt that it is ready to occupy the exalted office in 2023. Recall that…

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Kanu, PMB And The Prejudice Of Sectional Sentiments

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By Bala Ibrahim Yesterday Friday,19/11/21, a group of Igbo leaders, led by First Republic parliamentarian and Minister of Aviation, Mbazulike Amaechi, met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential Villa, during which they asked for the release of secessionist Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Biafra group, IPOB. Kanu is being detained and prosecuted on treason charges. According to a statement issued by the president’s spokesperson, Femi Adesina. Mr. Buhari told his guests that an ‘unconditional release’ of Mr Kanu ‘runs contrary to the doctrine of separation of powers…

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“Request for Nnamdi Kanu’s release difficult” — Buhari tells Igbo leaders

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…Promises to consider plea President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to consider the request for the release of the leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, after meeting with a group of leaders from the South-East region, under the aegis of Highly Respected Igbo Greats. He made the pledge yesterday, when he received the delegation led by a First Republic parliamentarian and former Minister of Aviation, Mbazulike Amaechi, at the State House, in Abuja. The Igbo leaders were at the Presidential Villa to plead with the President…

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Nnamdi Kanu trial: “We will cripple Nigeria” – IPOB to FG

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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…

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IPOB declares sit-at-home in S/East today

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The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), has declared a ‘sit-at-home’ in the South-East region today, Wednesday, in solidarity with its leader, Nnamdi Kanu who is billed to appear in court the same day on his trial on human rights violation. Media and Publicity Secretary of the group, Emma Powerful, however, urged people of the region to remain indoors while those residing in Abuja he enjoined to move to the venue with Kanu IPOB has exempted hospitals and their staff as well as journalists from the order. “We hope people…

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FG blames Nnamdi Kanu for murder of Akunyili’s husband, Gulak, 184 others

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The Federal Government has blamed the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, for the murder of Chike Akunyili, the widower of the late Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, (NAFDAC), Prof. Dora Akunyili. The government further accused Kanu of being responsible for the murder of a former Presidential Aide, Ahmad Gulak, and over 184 others in the South-East region. This is according to a committee set up by President Buhari to investigate Kanu, who is standing trial for terrorism.…

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IPOB: Nnamdi Kanu back to DSS custody as court adjourns trial

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The trial of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has been adjourned till November 10, 2021. Kanu, who was arraigned before a Federal High Court in Abuja amidst tight security yesterday, was brought to court in a heavily fortified security convoy, pleaded ‘not guilty’ to the charges bordering on terrorism and treasonable felony. Recall that the Federal Government had amended seven counts against Kanu. However, the IPOB leader pleaded not guilty to the charges bordering on terrorism and treasonable felony. Nnamdi Kanu’s legal team…

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