The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has threatened to impose a one-month lockdown in the South-East region of the country, if the federal government fails to bring its leader, Nnamdi Kanu to court on October 21.
Recall that the IPOB leader’s trial was adjourned by Justice Binta Nyako on July 26 after the federal government failed to produce him in court.
In a statement by IPOB’s spokesperson, Emma Powerful, the proscribed group alleged that the federal government of Nigeria has perfected plans not to bring Nnamdi Kanu to court on the scheduled date.
The statement read “The attention of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) ably led by our great prophet and liberator of our time, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has been drawn to the plot by Nigeria government and DSS in Abuja not to produce our leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu to court on 21st October 2021, the date he is due to appear in court to start his case. The federal government of Nigeria has again perfected plans not to bring him to court on that day. Their wicked plan is to perpetually keep him behind bars without trial to see if they can demoralise him and Biafrans but they are late. If the federal government refuses to bring him to court in his next court appearance on October 21, 2021, the entire Biafra land will be on total lockdown for one month. The federal government will know that they cannot take us for granted anymore. Our peaceful disposition as a people should not be misconstrued as weakness. Their plan is to suppress agitation and force everyone into submission but Biafrans won’t succumb to their intimidation.”