The proscribed Indigenous People
of Biafra (IPOB) has called on the south-west and middle belt to observe a
one-month sit-at-home if Nnamdi Kanu, its leader, is not produced in court on
October 21.
IPOB said the sit-at-home would
be a show of support for Kanu, who is currently in the custody of the
Department of State Services (DSS).
In a statement issued on Sunday
by Emma Powerful, IPOB spokesperson, the group also asked Igbo businessmen and
women outside the south-east to shut down their businesses in support of Kanu.
“Following our earlier declaration of one month lockdown of Biafra land should the Nigeria Government fail to bring our Leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu to the court on October 21,” the statement reads.
“We, the global family of the Indigenous
People of Biafra (IPOB), request our brothers and sisters in Oduduwa Republic
and Middle Belt including Igbo and Biafra businessmen and women, traders, who
is doing business outside Biafra land to shut down his or her business for us
to demonstrate our resolve for the emergence of our new nation Biafra and
support for our leader Mazi Nnamdi KANU and others who are facing similar fate
with us to join us in sympathy protest.
“All lovers of Biafra including
Christian communities in the north and other parts of Nigeria, who receive
unnecessary humiliation, intimidation and killings from Fulani terrorists,
bandits and murderous herdsmen should understand that time has come for all
victims of Fulani impunity and atrocities to unite together for resistance.
“We advise all oppressed people
in Nigeria to be prepared for the one month sit-at-home if the federal
government of Nigeria and the Department of State Services, DSS fail to produce
Nnamdi Kanu in court on the next court adjourned date.
“Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is a freedom fighter
demanding justice for the oppressed Indigenous people in Nigeria. He committed
no crime to deserve his continued detention without trial.”
In June, Kanu was arrested and
extradited to Nigeria to face trial. He was remanded in the custody of DSS
after he was re-arraigned.
On July 26, Binta Nyako, judge of
the federal high court, Abuja, adjourned the trial of Kanu till October 21,
owing to the failure of the federal government to produce him in court.
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