The Indigenous Peoples Of Biafra (IPOB) has vowed that many tragic events would come about if Nigerian government re-arrest its leader, Nnamdi Kanu.
IPOB was responding to an appeal past times Nigeria’s Attorney General in addition to Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, bespeak for the revocation of a courtroom club that granted bail to Mr. Kanu. The government minister likewise called for the re-arrest in addition to detention of the IPOB leader pending the decision of the charges against him.
The Attorney General cited Mr. Kanu’s violation of his bail weather condition every bit i of the major reasons the secessionist agitator should travel arrested.
Reacting to the minister’s position, IPOB defendant the Federal Government of playing politics, adding that Mr. Kanu could never travel rearrested.
The grouping said: “IPOB is non doing anything close the club of [the Federal Government] through the Attorney General to revoke [a] courtroom club in addition to arrest Nnamdi Kanu again. We are only watching in addition to waiting to encounter what is going to come about in addition to how it volition happen.
“Think close what his re-arrest would crusade inwards Nigeria. The FG is only playing politics. They cannot arrest Nnamdi Kanu. This is non the get-go fourth dimension they would travel calling for his re-arrest. Nevertheless, a lot of people convey written articles stating the tragic that volition come about if he is rearrested.”
IPOB restated its advice to all Igbo to instruct out the Northern business office of Nigeria on or earlier Oct 1, 2017. It warned Igbo resident inwards the northern business office of Nigeria non to autumn into a trap develop past times Northerners.
A Federal High Court inwards Abuja inwards Apr granted bail to Mr. Kanu who is facing lawsuit for alleged treason. The bail came amongst certainly conditions, including stipulations that the secessionist leader should non address rallies, grant interviews, or travel at a gathering of to a greater extent than than 10 people.
Mr. Kanu has been addressing huge crowds of his supporters.
One of the allegations against Mr. Kanu includes inciting Igbo natives to refrain from exercising their rights to vote.