The
apex socio-political association of the Igbo, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has condemned
moves by the Federal Government to re-arrest the leader of the Indigenous
People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who is being prosecuted before an Abuja
Federal High Court on treasonable felony charges.
Kanu
was granted bail on April 25, 2017, after spending several months in detention.
But,
in an application which was reportedly served on Kanu on Friday, the Federal
Government asked the court to revoke the bail granted the IPOB leader, and also
order his immediate arrest by the police.
The
Federal Government’s motion seeking the revocation of Kanu’s bail was hinged on
the grounds that the IPOB leader had flouted the terms and conditions of the
bail granted him by Justice Binta Nyako.
The
Federal Government noted that Kanu violated the bail conditions by granting
interviews and holding rallies which attracted crowds that exceeded 10 persons,
contrary to the orders of the court.
The
IPOB leader was equally described as a threat to national security for
inaugurating an illegal security outfit known as Biafra Security Service.
However,
reacting to the development on Saturday, President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo,
Chief Nnia Nwodo, accused the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister
of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, of bias.
Speaking
in a statement entitled ‘Attorney General of the Federation, please respect
your oath of office!’, the Ohanaeze leader noted that the bail conditions
handed down by the court violated Kanu’s human rights.
Nwodo
wondered why the AGF would move to re-arrest Kanu, when he (AGF) did not take
any step to check the activities of the Arewa youths, who, he said, only
‘pretended’ to withdraw the quit notice they issued to Igbo in the North.
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