The Indigenous People of Biafra and Movement for Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra had declared a May 30 a public holiday for their supporters to commemorate 50 years of the declaration of the secessionist state of Biafra
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IPOB and MASSOB had urged the people to sit at home on May 30 to observe the groups anniversary
Ekweremadu and Umahi made the appeal during an Interdenominational church service organized by the Ebonyi State Government to mark this year’s Democracy Day in Abakaliki
Kanu, who made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Umuahia on Monday, said such measure would help to foster peace and douse tension in the country
Dr. Victor Oye, the National Chairman of the party, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Awka, Anambra State on Monday that the party was happy that the rule of law had been observed on the matter
The warning was given in a statement issued by the command’s Spokesman, Usen Omorodion, in Abuja on Sunday
Kanu regained freedom on Friday evening
Justice Binta Nyako had on Tuesday April 25 admitted Kanu to bail on health grounds
Kanu was let free from Kuje Prison in Abuja on Friday evening after meeting the bail conditions as pronounced by the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday
Kanu was granted bail earlier this week
The group in a statement signed by its Convener and National Coordinator, Chief Willy Ezugwu, then urged the Federal Government to obey its own court this time around
Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, granted Kanu bail on Tuesday with stringent conditions
Nyako had on December 13, 2016 ordered that witnesses that will testify for the prosecution against Kanu and three others on trial for conspiracy to broadcast materials tending to secede from the Federal Republic of Nigeria and create a Biafra State will be shielded from the public
In a statement on Saturday by its Publicity Secretary, Comrade Emma Powerful, IPOB said this is to continue in the tradition laid by its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, in 2014 when the first remembrance was held
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Obi, while fielding questions from newsmen in Enugu on Thursday, emphasised that the use of force is not the solution to the Biafra agitation as such agitations are best resolved through dialogue
The judge, Justice Binta Nyako, gave the date after hearing arguments from counsel to Kanu and those of the three co-defendants
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The board, inaugurated by the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, would be headed by retired Major General Ahmed Jibrin
Kanu, the Director of Radio Biafra and leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, is suing the Federal Government for alleged illegal detention