IPOB made its position known in a statement by its spokesman, Comrade Emma Powerful, on Tuesday
Browsing: Nnamdi Kanu
Kanu spoke on Sunday against the backdrop of the application of the Federal Government on Friday seeking his re-arrest for violating the conditions of the bail granted him by a court in Abuja
Clarifying issues after the inaugural public intervention of the emergent pan-Nigerian Movement, the group Head of Secretariat, Olawale Okunniyi, said at the weekend in Lagos that a high powered consultative team, led by elder statesman, Prof. Ben Nwabueze, has already initiated a major tactical consultation across Nigeria to forge a negotiated consensus among critical stakeholders on how best to restructure Nigeria
Nwodo stated Ohanaeze Ndigbo’s position on Saturday in a statement, accusing the Federal Government of bias
In the application, the Federal Government is seeking an order of court revoking the bail granted Kanu on April 25
This was the high point of a World Press Conference held at Transcorp Hilton hotel, Abuja and addressed by more than a dozen of Northern Youth Groups including the Arewa Youths Council that issued qiut notice to the lgbos in the Northern Nigeria.
Kanu said this in an interview with newsmen at his Afara-Ukwu, Umuahia, Abia State country home on Wednesday, while reacting to President Muhammadu Buhari’s national broadcast on Monday
The cleric, also the Spiritual Director of Holy Ghost Adoration Ministry in Idemili North Local Government Area of the state, condemned group’s no-election campaign in Anambra State
His morning address was shallow, insensitive, uninspiring and divisive and, judging from what I saw, I believe that he should resign, go home and take care of his health
According to Channels TV, the decision was reached after a meeting organised by a non-governmental organisation, the Ala-Igbo International Foundation
The government said Kanu has not only breached the conditions attached to the bail granted him on April 25, 2017 on health grounds, he has also allegedly conducted himself in manners that threaten public peace
The police had on Wednesday dispersed members of the group who had gathered to receive Kanu in the town
The heavy presence of security operatives, including the police, the army and the navy, made the people wonder what was amiss until they learned that the IPOB leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, was scheduled to visit the area
He said: “We demand that the five-count charge preferred against our clients, Nnamdi Kanu, Chidiebere Onwudiwe, Benjamin Madubugwu, David Nwawuisi and Bright Chimezie be immediately withdrawn and the defendants freed without further ado.
Shettima spoke after a meeting with Kalu on Tuesday in Abuja
Addressing a news conference in Abuja, the Speaker of the Arewa Youth Assembly, Mohammed Salihu, and the Clerk, Desmond Minakaro, accused the Federal Government of aiding and abetting the Indigenous People of Biafra leader to breach the bail conditions handed him by Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja and inciting Nigerians against the government at major rallies in the South South and South East states
Chief Ifeanyi Onyesoh, the Personal Assistant to Eze Obidiegwu Onyesoh, the traditional ruler of Nri community, announced the plan to journalists in Awka on Thursday.
The protest, in front of the country’s embassy in the United Kingdom, was against the killings by the Boko Haram sect then.
Yet, considerations of “structure” are considerations of how things are put together — a question of the interrelation between parts in a complex entity. And that is the crux of this matter
What you believe is good for the Igbo or what you prefer for them is neither here nor there.