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
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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
The other defendants are: David Nwawuisi, Benjamin Madubugwu and Chidiebere Onwudiwe
The position of the group was contained in a statement read on behalf of the members by Soludo at a news conference in Abuja
Colonel Aminu Iliyasu, the Army’s spokesman for 6 Division in Port Harcourt, said the army adhered strictly to rules of engagement in spite of provocation from some IPOB members during their protest
The chief magistrate also issued a hearing notice to the Rivers State Commissioner of Police or the state Attorney General to appear in court to explain reasons why the accused should not be granted bail
The IPOB group, dressed in black and red attire with the defunct Biafran flag, marched in batches from Oyigbo and Aba roads to the Government House area, causing traffic jam on the busy road
The court would also rule on whether or not to quash the charges preferred against three other defendants – Chidiebere Onwudiwe, Benjamin Madubugwu and David Nwawuisi – who were charged along with Kanu
Justice Binta Nyako had on December 13, 2016 ruled that the identity of witnesses in the matter would be protected, but at Tuesday’s sitting, the judge and parties were all shielded from public view
CD’s National Publicity Secretary, Dede Uzor, made the call in a statement on Thursday in Onitsha, Anambra State
IPOB said this arises from their roles in the 30-month Nigeria Civil War in which many Igbo people were killed
Kanu, in a video on Tuesday inside the courtroom of a Federal High Court in Abuja, was uncontrollable as he fumed in loud voice over the decision of Justice Binta Nyako to grant the Federal Government’s request for witnesses in his case to be shielded from the public