Justice Binta Nyako has fixed April 25 to deliver ruling in
the application of leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mr. Nnamdi
Kanu, seeking a variation of the order of court on protection of witnesses in
his trial.
Kanu, in the said application asked the court to set aside the order made on
December 13, 2016 for the protection of witnesses.
Lead defence counsel, Ifeanyi Ejiofor with Inalegwu Adoga, E.I Esene and
Chukwuma Ozougwu argued that having been acquitted of the charges of terrorism
and importation of weapons, the defendant cannot be tried with the identities
of witnesses based on section 36(6) of the 1999 Constitution.
But counsel to the Federal Government, Suleiman Labaran urged the court to
dismiss the application as it was a ploy to delay the trial.
Also, former Anambra State governor, Peter Obi has called on the Federal
Government to embrace dialogue and consultations as the only way to quell the
agitations in the country including agitating for the independent state of
Biafra.
This was just as he said leaders of the South East, regardless of their
political affiliations must work together and to speak with one voice in order
to confront the perceived marginalization of the zone.
Obi who stated this yesterday in Government House, Owerri after a closed-door meeting with Governor Rochas Okorocha pointed out that in any democratic dispensation, the only way to quell agitations and disaffection in the system was through dialogue and consultations.
Obi who stated this yesterday in Government House, Owerri after a closed-door meeting with Governor Rochas Okorocha pointed out that in any democratic dispensation, the only way to quell agitations and disaffection in the system was through dialogue and consultations.
Meanwhile, IPOB has
commended elders, monarchs, women, youths, businessmen and other well-meaning
Biafrans who stormed the Federal Court, Abuja, yesterday, to show solidarity
for its leader.
The group noted that the gesture touched on the ethos of IPOB which shows
brotherhood (onuru ube nwanne agbala oso) as well as love, determination and
dedication the people have towards its leader and others standing trial with
him.
This is even as General Overseer of Mount Zion Faith Global Liberation
Ministries, Bishop Udeh Abraham Chris urged South East governors
requesting the release of the leader of IPOB, Kanu, to also ask the Muhammadu
Buhari administration to grant the people in Biafran land their demand for
self-determination.
ByGodwin Tsa, Jeff Amechi Agbodo, David Onwuchekwa, and George Onyejiuwa
