The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to immediately release their leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, as his health continues to deteriorate in the Directorate of Security Services (DSS). In a statement issued by IPOB spokesman Emma Powerful on Monday, he said it has become obvious that the Nigerian…
The United Igbo Elders Council (UNIEC) has called on the Federal Government to unconditionally release the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, and all political prisoners. The group also demands an immediate end to unlawful arrests, detentions, and extrajudicial killings, as well as the opening of ports and economic blockades against…
The push to get President Bola Tinubu to release the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has intensified in recent times with the visit of traditional rulers and archbishops of South East extraction to him in his detention facility. Speaking on Friday, Kanu’s lead counsel, Aloy Ejimako, said the visit which…
Lawmakers on the platform of Labour Party in the South-East, under the aegis of South-East Labour Party House of Assembly Caucus, have called for the release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu. Kanu has been in detention since 2021, after he was arrested in Kenya by the Federal Government…
The founder and leader of Movement for Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, Sunday, warned Southeast governors and Senators to stop politicizing the release of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Sounding the note of warning, Uwazuruike in a viral video faulted the way the Governors…
Women groups in Igbo-speaking states, under the auspices of Umuada Igbo Nigeria and in Diaspora, have appealed to President Bola Tinubu, to free the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Their renewed call comes on the heels of increasing demand from different quarters including the South East Governors’ Forum (SEGF),…
South-East governors on Tuesday say they will interface with the federal government for the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. This formed part of the communiqué issued after a meeting of the Forum in Enugu. At the meeting, which also had other stakeholders in attendance, were governors Hope Uzodinma, Dr. Alex Otti, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, Rt….
About 50 members of the House of Representatives from different parts of Nigeria and political parties known as Concerned Federal Lawmakers for Peace and Security in the South-East, have appealed to President Bola Tinubu to invoke Section 174 of the 1999 Constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria (as amended) and Section 107(1) of Administration…
The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has said he would seek negotiation with the Federal Government over his ongoing trial. Speaking through his lead counsel, Alloy Ejimakor, he told the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday, that he would seek the negotiation under Section 17 of the Federal High…
The Abuja Federal Highd Court has threatened to jail the Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Yusuf Bichi, for alleged contempt of court. The court issued the threat following the DSS’s penchant for disobeying its ruling regarding an order issued on Kanu’s visitation while in the custody of the secret police. In…
