Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi
Kanu has rejected the bail granted to him on Tuesday.
A source close to him told DAILY POST exclusively that Kanu
had vowed to remain in Kuje prisons with his co-accused persons.
The Biafra agitator was granted bail on health grounds by
Justice Binta Nyako. However, bail was refused his co-accused persons – Mazi
Chidiebere Onwudiwe, Mazi Benjamin Madubugwu and David Nwawuisi.
According to the top source, who put a call across to DAILY
POST, ”I just finished speaking with Kanu. He has vowed to remain at Kuje
prisons pending when his co-accused persons are granted bail.
“He made it clear that these other three persons were
arrested because of him (Nnamdi) and as such he can’t abandon them there.
“Nnamdi Kanu has, therefore, made it clear that he is ready
to stay and die at Kuje Prisons.”
Meanwhile, IPOB has reacted to the bail conditions,
describing them as childish.
In a statement by the Media and Publicity Secretary of the
group, Comrade Emma Powerful, he said the bail conditions were designed by
politicians.
The statement reads: “The indigenous people of Biafra, IPOB
and it’s leadership worldwide commend those who put pressure on Nigerian
Government and her judiciary to release our leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who has
been in detention illegally since October 2015.
“The bail conditions which are most probably designed by
politicians who are afraid of our leader’s popularity is too inhuman, childish
and stringent.
“The oppressors are afraid of leader’s popularity and they
hope to cage him through this funny bail condition, we are not excited, we
demand the release of our members detained alongside him.
“It is unacceptable to the entire members of IPOB worldwide
that the presiding judge Hon. Justice Binta Nyako attached condition towards
the release of our leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
“The Federal Government and their judiciary through justice
Binta Nyako banned Mazi Nnamdi Kanu not to grant press interview, not to sit
with more than 10 people or have any gathering.
“However, granting conditional release to our is
unacceptable to us because he committed any crime against humanity or Nigerian
state, we wondered why Binta Nyako would prefer to attach conditional release
him.
“Again, justice Binta Nyako refused to grant Mazi Chidiebere
Onwudiwe, Mazi Benjamin Madubugwu and David Nwawuisi bail who has been detained
with our leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu since almost two years.
“We also thank the civilise Nations in United Nations,
Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, American Government, Israeli
Government, Russian Government, European Union and others who prevail upon the
Nigerian Government and her judiciary to grant our leader bail.
“We also want them to pressure on Nigerian Government and
her judiciary to release other three members who are still in Kuje prison
Abuja.”
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