Why Buhari cannot win Nnamdi Kanu in court, IPOB give real reasons
- IPOB in a press statement has given reasons why President Muhammadu Buhari cannot win their detained leader in any court of law
- According to the group, the president is more guilty of treasonable charges with his coup-detat of 1983
- The group further challenge the president to produce evidence that their detained leader committed treason felony against the country
The indigenous people of Biafra on Friday, January 13 gave reasons why President Buhari cannot win their detained leader Nnamdi Kanu in court.
According to the press release, even by the standards of Nigeria’s ‘primitive legal system’, Kanu cannot be found guilty.
IPOB also allege that Kanu did not commit any treasonable offense unlike President Buhari who overthrew a government in 1983.
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Recall that Kanu, alongside Chidiebere Onwudiwe, Benjamin Madubugwu and David Nwawuisi, are currently facing trial before Justice Binta Nyako of an Abuja Federal High Court for charges bordering on treasonable felony.
The statement signed by comrade Emma Powerful, media and publicity secretary for IPOB titled why Buhari cannot win the case against Nnamdi Kanu in any court of law: even going by the primitive standards of the Nigerian legal system read:
“There seems to be a misconception within the Nigerian judiciary, either through ignorance or deliberate omission, that self determination is tantamount to treason or treasonable felony. (A copy of the United Nations Charter will resolve this issue)
“The history of Nigeria is replete with acts bothering on treasonable felony and actual acts of treason itself. Failed coups and attempted coups fall within this category.
“Mazi Nnamdi Kanu the leader of the indigenous people of Biafra IPOB worldwide the director radio and Biafra television is a freedom fighter not those coup plotters that overthrew democratically elected government.
“Example of this, is the coup of 1983 that saw the emergence of Muhammadu Buhari as the then Nigeria Head of State.
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“Actus Reus and Mens Rea.
“What date was this alleged treason committed?
“How can you charge somebody of a serious crime such as treasonable felony without a date?
“In which planet will a court entertain such a case? Maybe only in Nigeria. What type of charge is that? It's very obvious that the government of Major General Muhammadu Buhari can misunderstood or failed to interpret the provision of the Rights of the Indigenous People.
“To commit treasonable felony, there has to be guns available. The word to note is available not conjecture or imagined but real.
“The two licensed Dane guns (double barrel) recovered from the premises of Benjamin Madubugwu is hardly assault weapons or container load of weapons peddled by the federal government propaganda media unit.
“Where and how did this meeting or plan to overthrow the APC government led by major General Muhammadu Buhari take place? Again a critical ingredient in establishing prima facie.
“The agitation for Biafra by IPOB and Nnamdi Kanu predates the coming of the present administration of major General Muhammadu Buhari.
“The former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan was intelligent enough not to arrest mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
“However, the only difference between Goodluck Jonathan's government and that of Muhammadu Buhari is that the arrest of Nnamdi Kanu by Buhari's over zealousness is what triggered the resurgence of Biafra case all over the world now.
“More so, had Daura of DSS released mazi Nnamdi Kanu when the court of competent jurisdiction in the first place by Hon. Shuaibu granted him bail, we won't be here today.
“Again, when they also failed to obey the court order of Hon. Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the federal high court Abuja to release him unconditionally that enraged the civilised world and triggered the unprecedented global attention to the agitation of Biafra we have today.
“President Muhammadu Buhari should obey court order release mazi Nnamdi Kanu and others detained illegally in Kuje prison Abuja, DSS secret cells and and parts of the country and stop showcasing his incompetency and power drunk mentality to the Nigerians and the entire world,” he said.
Meanwhile, a lawyer to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu said that his client is a freedom fighter and not a terrorist or criminal.
Speaking at the hearing before Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja, Ifeanyi Ejiofor said: "Nnamdi Kanu is a freedom fighter not a terrorist; unlike other coup plotters who take over power from the leadership in this country through violence, Kanu is a freedom fighter."
Source: Legit.ng
