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“It is impossible that Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and director of Radio Biafra, tendered an apology to President Muhammadu Buhari”. – Obetta
Nnamdi Kanu in court with his lawyer
Attorney Vincent Obetta, legal representative of the leader of Independent People of Biafra, [IPOB], Nnamdi Kanu has refuted stories that his client apologised to President Muhamadu Buhari.
According to Obetta, “it is impossible that Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and director of Radio Biafra, tendered an apology to President Muhammadu Buhari”.
Speaking with TheCable on Wednesday, Obetta said reports of Kanu’s apology were proof that government was trying to use all instruments at its disposal to “puncture” the Biafra campaigner’s defence.
“It is not true,” he said. “The government is using every instrument to puncture what we are doing.”
Accordiing to an observer, “Now you know we are in trouble in this country. How can a govt be sponsoring lies in the media against its own people?”
A federal high court in Abuja had ordered the immediate release of Nnamdi Kanu, an order which was flagrantly disregarded by the Department of State Services (DSS).
The court had held that the continued detention of Kanu by the Department of States Services (DSS) was unlawful.
The DSS had elected to withdraw the case at the lower court for a higher court, which has jurisdiction to entertain charges bordering on terrorism.
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After the lower court granted him bail, the secret police procured an order of the federal high court, Abuja, to keep the self-styled leader of IPOB in detention.
But his lawyer, Vincent Obetta, filed a counter application, seeking bail for the accused person.
Consequent upon the ensuing imbroglio surrounding Kanu’s trials and releases, Ahmed Mohammed, a judge of the Federal High Court in Abuja, withdrew from the trial.
Mohammed announced the decision at the court after Kanu objected to the case, expressing doubt that he would get justice.
Kanu, who spoke from the dock, accused the federal government of refusing to comply with court rulings.
He said he preferred to remain in detention than to subject himself to a trial where he is not likely to get justice.
Responding, the judge held that Kanu had the right to express his feelings since “justice is rooted on confidence”.
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