Nnamdi Kanu: Tinubu To Receive Message on Intervention to Secure IPOB Leader’s Release
- APC's Joe Igbokwe has thanked God for Nnamdi Kanu’s latest stance concerning the security challenges in the southeast geopolitical zone
- Igbokwe disclosed what he would ask his political benefactor, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to do
- The Anambra-born political bemoaned the “madness” in the southeast — once considered the safest geopolitical zone in Nigeria
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FCT, Abuja - Joe Igbokwe, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos state has said he will tell President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to release Nnamdi Kanu so that the "madness in the South East will cease to exist".
Legit.ng reports that Igbokwe, a native of Anambra state, is a big supporter of Tinubu and the ruling government in Lagos.
Source: Facebook
Recall that Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), who has been detained by Nigerian authorities since 2021, said in court on Tuesday, March 19, that insecurity in the southeast geopolitical zone will end in no time if he is released.
Reacting, Igbokwe, who was a victim of the insecurity in the southeast in 2021 when his house was burnt down, wrote on his known Facebook page:
"God I thank you. I will tell PBAT (referring to President Tinubu) to do the needful and madness in the South East will cease to exist."
Source: Facebook
Legit.ng reports that Kanu, a British-Nigerian citizen, has been involved in a yearslong campaign to have a new nation of Biafra. His agitation has been met with resistance by successive Nigerian authorities.
Kanu's separatist group has been linked to some deadly attacks and killings in the south-south and south-east regions, an allegation it has repeatedly denied.
Nnamdi Kanu’s bail request denied
In a significant development, the federal high court, Abuja, turned down the bail application of Kanu on Tuesday, March 19.
The trial judge, Justice Binta Nyako, opted instead to expedite the trial proceedings.
The courtroom drama unfolded as Justice Nyako denied the bail plea put forward by Barrister Aloy Ejimakor, counsel for Kanu, during the hearing.
Read more about Nnamdi Kanu:
- Nnamdi Kanu sacks legal team, engages new lawyers, name of attorneys' leader disclosed
- Court takes action on Nnamdi Kanu's N50 billion suit against Tinubu
- IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, sacks legal team
Detained Nnamdi Kanu asks for transfer
Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Kanu asked Nigerian authorities to transfer him from the DSS' custody to Kuje prison.
Kanu told the federal high court that the DSS lacked the appropriate medical facility to treat him.
According to Kanu, who said he is sick, there was a conspiracy for him to die in the DSS custody.
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