The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has faulted
the decision of Justice John Tsoho of the Abuja
Federal High Court to deny bail to their leader,
Nnamdi Kanu, describing it as a systematic denial
of the entire South Eastern Nigeria of their right.
The IPOB Media and Publicity Officer, Mr. Emma
Powerful stated that every day, the present
administration of the All Progressives Congress,
APC, and their leader, President Muhammadu
Buhari, keep exposing itself to the world that it
has no respect for the rule of law and orders of
competent court of law.
He asked why people will not be allowed to
engage in peaceful demonstrations and protests in
a country like Nigeria, wondering whether it will
be better for them to engage in violent
demonstrations and protests and carrying guns
and throwing bombs like the Boko Haram
insurgents.
“We are being pushed to the walls, our members
who were engaged in peaceful protest in Aba,
Abia state and Port Harcourt Rivers State were
shot by the Army and taken to Military barracks
in Afikpo Ebonyi state and Bori camp in rivers
State with bullet wounds.
“The victims are undergoing torture and other
inhuman treatments, as they bring them out
every morning, torture and engage them in all
manners of hard labours and ask them about
their missing guns as if IPOB members carry
guns.
“We do not carry guns and do not intent to carry
in the nearest future, we are therefore calling on
Amnesty International, all human rights
organizations and the international community to
prevail on the Nigerian government respect the
rule of law and the orders of the courts, as at the
last count our members arrested in Aba are 25
while those in Port Harcourt are 18 in number,
totaling 43 people detained in the two Army
barracks in Ebonyi and rivers States respectively,”
he said.
