Nnamdi Kanu’s detention in the facility of the SSS triggers another threat for a seven day sit-at-home in the South East.
Political activist, Deji Adeyanju, has expressed support for the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra to lockdown the South East for seven days unless it’s leader, Nnamdi Kanu, is released.
Adeyanju , in a tweet, argued that the lockdown was necessary because that is the only language President Muhammadu Buhari understands.
He said: “I support Nnamdi Kanu’s supporters plans to lock down South-East if Kanu is not released by November 4. This is the only language Buhari and our evil leaders understand. A regime that kills protesters but negotiate with terrorists will never be reasonable.”
IPOB said its members and residents of the South-East region will embark on another sit-at-home for six days if the Nigerian government does not unconditionally releases its leaderi Kanu
IPOB stated these in a statement by spokesperson, Emma Powerful.
It reads: “Following the adjournment of our great leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s court case to 10th of November 2021, by the Federal High Court Abuja, we the great movement and family of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB wish to inform Biafrans, friends of Biafra and lovers of freedom that IPOB will lock down Biafra land from 5th of November to 10th of November except Sunday, November 7th, a day our people worship the Almighty God, if the Nigeria Government fails to release our leader unconditionally before 4th of November 2021.
“Our leader, Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu must be released unconditionally on or before November 4, 2021 because he has not committed any offense known to any law.
“Failure to release our leader Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu on or before November 4, 2021, our one week Sit-At-Home begins on November 5, 2021 till November 10.
“We have taken time to analyse what transpired on October 21 when our leader was arraigned in court and discovered that the federal government is not sincere and only wants to humiliate him and keep him perpetually in DSS custody to rot there.
“We all saw how lawyers, journalists, Igbo delegates and respected traditional rulers and other people who came from all around the world to witness his court case were restricted and denied access into the court premises by security agents who kept them outside under the scorching heat of the sun.
“We cannot accept that anymore. We can never allow our leader Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu to be tried secretly and we can never also allow him to be tried under Sharia law under any guise. Nigeria must follow international laws in handling our leader.
“Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is in DSS dungeon today because of his passion for Biafra independence, and we must sacrifice all we can to ensure that he regains his freedom. He has sacrificed so much for us all, so we must be prepared to sacrifice little for him.
“Unless the federal government releases him unconditionally before November 4, we shall sacrifice one week for him as a warning protest to convey to our oppressors that Nnamdi Kanu represents over 70million Biafrans. He is innocent of all the charges preferred against him. As long as he is in detention our individual businesses do not matter so much because he is suffering for us all and we can’t abandon him.”