Biafra Reporters - IPOB

04/08/2023

UPDATE ON ROUTINE VISIT TO OUR INDEFATIGABLE CLIENT – ONYENDU MAZI NNAMDI KANU, AT THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE STATE SECURITY SERVICE (SSS), ABUJA, WHERE HE IS STILL BEING ILLEGALLY AND UNCONSTITUTIONALLY DETAINED IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT:

Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu was today visited by the duo of His Majesty, Eze Chukwuemeka Eri, Eze Akajiovo Igbo Nile, Ezeora ###IV of Aguleri, and Distinguished Senator Ifeanyi Uba, at the facility of the State Security Service (SSS) Headquarters Abuja where Onyendu is still currently being held in solitary confinement.

The visit was unprecedented, as fruitful and productive discussions were exclusively held with Onyendu. During this visit, Onyendu reiterated his firm and unequivocal condemnation, and total cancellation of the senseless sit-at-home in the South-East, hitherto enforced in the entire South-East states by the enemies of our people.

Other crucial messages conveyed to them by Onyendu will be made public as given by Onyendu in due course.

Be assured UmuChineke that we are speedily approaching the end of the tunnel. ChukwuOkike Abiama is always on the throne, and this trying period will soon become history.

Thank you all, Ezigbo UmuChineke, and remain blessed.

We move!

Signed:
Sir Ifeanyi Ejiofor, Esq. (KSC)
IPOB’s Lead Counsel
3rd August, 2023.

11/05/2023

20/01/2023

Niger: Killing of Catholic Priest, Achi affront on Igbos – IPOB blows hot.

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has condemned the killing of Reverend Father, Isaac Achi of Saint Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Niger State.

IPOB said the killing of Achi was an affront to Igbo people.

Achi was burnt to death by Fulani herders in Kafin Koro Community, Paikoro Local Government Area of Niger State.

The herders, who stormed the residence of the Catholic priest at about 1am on Sunday, shot sporadically.

It was reported that the Fulani terrorists burnt down the building where Achi hid when they couldn’t gain access to abduct him.

However, IPOB warned that the killing of Christians and Igbos in the North must stop.

A statement by Powerful reads: “The Movement and the family of the Indigenous People of Biafra, under the leadership of Nnamdi Kanu, condemn the barbaric murder of an Igbo Catholic Priest by Fulani terrorists in the Northern part of Nigeria.

“The burning alive of Igbo Catholic Priest in Niger State by Fulani terrorists is not only barbaric but also an affront to Igbo Nation and Christian Association of Nigeria. Fulani terrorists have been killing Ndigbo in the North at any opportunity, and this must not continue.”

IPOB stressed that the killing of Christians pointed to the alleged agenda to forcefully Islamize and Fulanize Nigeria.

13/01/2023

BREAKING: MAZI NNAMDI KANU’S HEALTH..

Coalition Of Nigerian Political Parties, CUPP Spokesman, (Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere)
Calls For Immediate Release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu

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The full story of travail of Onyendu MaziNnamdi Kanu in the hands of NigeriaGovernment by Chief Mike Ozekhome SAN

15/11/2022

26/10/2022

CONTINUED VIOLATION OF COURT ORDER – MAZI NNAMDI KANU SEEKS 100BILLION NAIRA DAMAGES AGAINST THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA, FROM THE FEDERAL HIGH COURT ABUJA, FOR HIS CONTINUED ILLEGAL/UNLAWFUL DETENTION IN DEFIANT TO ORDER OF COURT:

Following the continued grandstanding of the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) to implement/carryout the Orders/Judgment of the Court of Appeal, delivered on the 13th day of October 2022, which in effect, discharged Mazi Nnamdi Kanu of the frivolous charge brought against him and consequently, prohibits the FGN from further detaining him, and/or subjecting him to further trial or prosecution by any court in Nigeria.

Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has now commenced a Fundamental Right Action before the Federal High Court Abuja, through to demand for his immediate release from the unlawful facility of the Department of State Services (DSS), and payment of the sum of NGN100 Billion (One Hundred Billion Naira) as reparation for the gross violation of his Rights to Liberty and Dignity of Human Persons.

It will be recalled that following the judgment of the Court of Appeal, delivered on the 13th day of October 2022, which in effect struck out the retained seven count charge hitherto pending against Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, there is no existing Order of a Court of Law, which presently sanction or legitimize the continued detention of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, as all Courts of first instance in Nigeria has effectively, from this 13th day of October 2022, divested of all jurisdictional powers to either issue Orders in respect thereto or even undertake any further criminal trial/prosecution against Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.

In the Originating Court Process, duly initiated on behalf of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu by our erudite Lead Counsel – Chief Dr. Mike Ozekhome, SAN, on the 21st day of October 2022, in Suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/1945/2022 : BETWEEN MAZI NNAMDI KANU VS FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA & ORS, supported by six (6) paragraph affidavit, deposed to by Chimuanya Emenari Esq, a legal practitioner in the law firm of I. C. Ejiofor & Co., clearly verifying the facts of these gross violation of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s constitutionally guaranteed Rights, following his continued detention in a solitary confinement in the custody of the DSS in flagrant disobedience of Court Orders, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is substantially seeking for the following Reliefs, anchored on the forgoing grounds, which the Reliefs are predicated upon to wit:

A DECLARATION that the continued detention of the Applicant by the Respondents, from the 13th day of October 2022 till date, is illegal, unlawful, oppressive, unconscionable, and unconstitutional as it violates the Applicant’s Fundamental Rights to Dignity of Human Persons, Personal Liberty and Right to Freedom of Movement as guaranteed by Sections 34, 35, 36, 39, and 41 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (As Amended) 2011.

AN ORDER OF THIS HONOURABLE COURT directing the Respondents to unconditionally release the Applicant from their custody forthwith.

AN ORDER OF INJUNCTION restraining the Respondents, their agents, privies, assigns or howsoever called, from further interfering with the Applicant’s rights, and/or dealing with the Applicant in a manner inimical to his Fundamental Rights guaranteed by the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (As Amended) 2011.

COMPENSATORY AND EXAMPLARY DAMAGES of N100,000,000,000.00 (One Hundred Billion Naira Only), against the Respondents for the gross violation of the Applicant’s fundamental rights to dignity of human person, personal liberty, and freedom of movement.

AN ORDER OF THIS HONOURABLE COURT directing the Respondents to tender unreserved public apology to the Applicant in two National Dailies, and any other forms of reparation that the Honourable Court may deem fit to grant.

AND FOR SUCH FURTHER ORDER(S) as this Honourable Court may deem fit to make in the circumstances.

GROUNDS UPON WHICH THE RELIEFS ARE SOUGHT:

By virtue of Section 46(1) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (As Amended) 2011, and Order 1 Rule 2(1) of the Fundamental Rights (Enforcement Procedure) Rules, any person who alleges that any of the Provisions of Chapter 4 of the Constitution to which he is entitled to, has been, is being or likely to be contravened in any State in relation to him may apply to the High Court in the State for redress.

The Applicant is entitled to his Fundamental Rights to Dignity of Human Person, Personal Liberty and Freedom of Movement guaranteed by Sections 34, 35 and 41 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (As Amended) 2011.

The continued and unlawful detention of the Applicant, whose health is daily deteriorating, from the 13th day of October 2022, till date, violates the Applicant’s Fundamental Rights to Personal Liberty, Dignity of Human Person, and Freedom of Movement, and consequently, illegal and unconstitutional.

The Court of Appeal held that the Applicant is prohibited from being detained, tried, or otherwise dealt with in Nigeria, for/or in respect of any offence allegedly committed by him before his extraordinary rendition to Nigeria, thus, the continued detention by the Respondents, is arbitrary and unlawful.

The Respondents have no authority or justification whatsoever, to detain the Applicant in complete defiance and disregard to the positive Order of the Court of Appeal, discharging the Applicant and barring the Respondents from detaining and/or prosecuting him.

The Respondents cannot exercise their power outside the provision of the law and judicial pronouncements, and thus, they are bound to comply with the Order of the Court of Appeal, which discharged the Applicant.

The Applicant is constitutionally entitled under Section 35 subsection (6) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (As Amended) 2011 to the payment of compensation and public apology from the Respondents for the gross violation of his Rights to Dignity of Human Person, Personal Liberty, and Freedom.

We will keep you all abreast of development in this Case as it progresses.

Thank you all, Ezigbo UmuChineke and remain hugely blessed

We move!

Signed:
Sir Ifeanyi Ejiofor, Esq (KSC)
IPOB’s Lead Counsel
26th day of October 2022.

24/10/2022

UPDATE ON TODAY'S COURT PROCEEDINGS AT THE COURT OF APPEAL ABUJA JUDICIAL DIVISION ON ONYENDU MAZI NNAMDI KANU'S CASE.

Hearing on the Motion for the stay of ex*****on of the judgment of the Court of Appeal delivered on the 13th day of October, 2022, took place today.

It was indeed an superlative outing as our defence team eminently led by our Indefatigable Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, practically removed the legal carpet from the feet of Federal Government today. Arguments proffered in stiff opposition to their application for stay of ex*****on was well marshalled out point by point by the erudite Silk.
By the end of the day’s proceedings, both the other lawyers in court and those in solidarity that visited, went home with the strong conviction that victory is again on our way.

The Federal Government’s application for stay of ex*****on which is not only grossly incompetent but also a grave affront to the sanctity of the Orders of the Court of Appeal, which decision of the same court they are now seeking equitable remedy to be stayed by the same court.
Orders of the Court must be obeyed and it’s sanctity must be respected by the Federal Governmentof Nigeria. He who goes to equity must go with clean hands.

It’s trite and as rightly submitted by the Learned erudite Silk- Chief Ozekhome SAN, that there is no Res to be stayed in the present case and Orders of the court cannot be made to stay the constitutionally guaranteed rights of a citizen.
The only available option for the Federal Government in the circumstance of this case is to kindly obey the Order made by the Court of Appeal, and consequently allow ONYENDU Mazi Nnamdi KANU to go home as ordered by Court of Appeal.

I want to emphasize once again that the erudite judgment of the Court of Appeal on Onyendu’s case has gripped the Federal Government like an irreversible rigor mortis. It has held them in a vice-like grip. There is no chance of extrication whatsoever.

In conclusion, we are very certain of victory once again, because ChukwuOkike Abiama is always on the throne.

Ruling on the Argument canvassed today has been reserved to a date to be communicated to the parties.
However, we have in addition, filed an application for the enforcement of ONYENDU’s fundamental rights to liberty and freedom of movement, which are now being grossly violated by the Federal Government of Nigeria, for refusing to obey the order of the Court of Appeal which discharged ONYENDU since the 13th day of October, 2022.

As it stands today, there is no order of court sanctioning ONYENDU’s detention since the 13th day of October, 2022, he was freed. He is being illegally and unlawfully held in the custody of the State security Services since the 13th day of October, 2022.

We have now gone for our routine visit to ONYENDU and to also brief him on the outcome of today’s proceeding.

Be assured that it has already ended in praises UMUCHINEKE.
We will update you on the outcome of today's visit to ONYENDU upon conclusion of the visit in the next hour or thereabout.

Thank you all UMUCHINEKE and remain blessed.

Signed :
Sir Ifeanyi Ejiofor, Esq. (KSC)
IPOB’s Lead Counsel.
24th day of October 2022.

18/10/2022

A Pleasant Afternoon UmuChineke:

We are delighted to make public, the paragraph of the Court of Appeal Holding in their Judgement, which buried the frivolous criminal charge against Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, and totally prohibited the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) from coming up with any criminal charge or indictment against Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. This Holding is more fortifying and sacrosanct. It is the last straw that broke the camel’s back, a boil in the sc***um and can never be circumvented. There is no escape route for the oppressors here!

Please, carefully read the erudite Holding on the Lead judgement allowing Onyendu’s appeal, as reproduced herein, and possibly, infer layman interpretation for proper understanding of the judgement:

“… _the consequence of this section, I hold, is that the Appellant is prohibited from being detained, tried, or otherwise dealt with in Nigeria for or in respect of any offence allegedly committed by him before his extraordinary rendition to Nigeria. The Lower Court has no jurisdiction, I further hold, to try the Appellant on counts 1, 2, 3, 4 ,5, 8 and 15 which were retained by it, being charges allegedly committed by the Appellant prior to his extraordinary rendition._

_In addition, by the forcible abduction and extraordinary rendition of the Appellant from Kenya to this country on the 27th day of June 2021, in violation of international and state laws, the Lower Court and indeed any Court in this country is divested of jurisdiction to entertain charges against the Appellant and I so hold.”_
– Hon. Justice Oludotun Adefope-Okojie (page 42 of the Lead Judgement).

Justice delayed, is not justice denied! Justice prevailed through the grace of the Almighty Chukwuokike Abiama!

Ndewonu, UmuChineke.

Signed:
Sir Ifeanyi Ejiofor Esq (KSC)
IPOB’s Lead Counsel
18th October 2022.