Leader of the Indigenous People
of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has described
the bench warrant against him by Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court,
Abuja, as “a mere academic exercise”.
He also said the
Federal Government could not incite the world against him.
In a statement obtained by our correspondent in
Awka, Anambra State, the IPOB leader
said, “The international and diplomatic
community would surely ignore the bench warrant.
“I remain eternally grateful to my sureties for
standing by me all through my travails, trials and tribulations.
“It smacks of judicial persecution for Justice
Binta Nyako handling my case to claim that my sureties had withdrawn their
surety.
“Justice Binta Nyako’s bench
warrant against me makes the judiciary complicit in the persecution of innocent
people and IPOB since mid 2015.
“Where a case is for hearing of motion, the
trial judge must hear the motion and adjourn for any other process. On no
account should they hear a motion and hear the merits of the
matter, not to talk about delivering judgment. The judge may consider doing that in the very rare
circumstance of consent by parties
“When a matter has been adjourned
for a particular purpose, it is my view that the business of the court on the
day the matter is adjourned is the purpose for which it was adjourned.
“It is expected that parties have
come prepared for that purpose for which the matter was adjourned. If it is
expedient to change the purpose, it cannot be done by the court suo motu (on
its own) as the parties must agree.”
He said in March last year a
continental human rights court restrained the FG from persecuting of members of IPOB, regretting that the
government had yet to obey the order.
Kanu said, “The arrest, detention
and murder of IPOB family members is illegal, unconstitutional and in breach of
the written laws of Nigeria. The fact that judges and supposed legal
practitioners allow this travesty to continue is indicative of the level of
ignorance that pervades the Nigerian judiciary.”
Kanu, who is facing trial
alongside other IPOB members over alleged treason, has not appeared in
court months after he was granted bail.
Justice Nyako revoked the bail granted Kanu in 2017and issued an arrest warrant against him,
citing his continued absence from
court
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