Leader of the Indigenous
People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has rejected the bail granted to him
on Tuesday.
A source close to him told
DAILY POST exclusively that Kanu had vowed to remain in Kuje prisons with his
co-accused persons.
The Biafra agitator was
granted bail on health grounds by Justice Binta Nyako. However, bail was
refused his co-accused persons – Mazi Chidiebere Onwudiwe, Mazi Benjamin
Madubugwu and David Nwawuisi.
According to the top source,
who put a call across to DAILY POST, ”I just finished speaking with Kanu. He
has vowed to remain at Kuje prisons pending when his co-accused persons are
granted bail.
“He made it clear that these
other three persons were arrested because of him (Nnamdi) and as such he can’t
abandon them there.
“Nnamdi Kanu has, therefore,
made it clear that he is ready to stay and die at Kuje Prisons.”
Meanwhile, IPOB has reacted to
the bail conditions, describing them as childish.
In a statement by the Media
and Publicity Secretary of the group, Comrade Emma Powerful, he said the bail
conditions were designed by politicians.
The statement reads: “The
indigenous people of Biafra, IPOB and it’s leadership worldwide commend those
who put pressure on Nigerian Government and her judiciary to release our
leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who has been in detention illegally since October
2015.
“The bail conditions which are
most probably designed by politicians who are afraid of our leader’s popularity
is too inhuman, childish and stringent.
“The oppressors are afraid of
leader’s popularity and they hope to cage him through this funny bail
condition, we are not excited, we demand the release of our members detained
alongside him.
“It is unacceptable to the
entire members of IPOB worldwide that the presiding judge Hon. Justice Binta
Nyako attached condition towards the release of our leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
“The Federal Government and
their judiciary through justice Binta Nyako banned Mazi Nnamdi Kanu not to
grant press interview, not to sit with more than 10 people or have any
gathering.
“However, granting conditional
release to our is unacceptable to us because he committed any crime against
humanity or Nigerian state, we wondered why Binta Nyako would prefer to attach
conditional release him.
“Again, justice Binta Nyako
refused to grant Mazi Chidiebere Onwudiwe, Mazi Benjamin Madubugwu and David
Nwawuisi bail who has been detained with our leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu since
almost two years.
“We also thank the civilise
Nations in United Nations, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, American
Government, Israeli Government, Russian Government, European Union and others
who prevail upon the Nigerian Government and her judiciary to grant our leader
bail.
“We also want them to pressure
on Nigerian Government and her judiciary to release other three members who are
still in Kuje prison Abuja.”
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