Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra , says it is an insult to beg the federal government for his release from detention.
Kanu said a court of appeal verdict delivered on October 13, 2022, cleared him of all charges filed by the federal government. In a statement released by Ifeanyi Ejiofor, Kanu’s counsel, the IPOB leader asked his lawyers to educate his followers on the judgment of the court appeal. “There is no charge pending against Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu before any court as of today,” the statement reads.“Furthermore, Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu unequivocally stated that begging the federal government to release him at this point is an insult to the memory of late Pa Mbazulike Amaechi, who despite his age and ill-health, repeatedly travelled from the south-east to Abuja to beg the Federal Government of Nigeria to honour his dying wish.
On April 8, 2022, Binta Nyako, a federal high court judge in Abuja, struck out eight of the 15 counts in the charge filed against Kanu by the federal government.On October 28, 2022, the court of appealKanu and his lawyers approached the supreme court to appeal the verdict of the court of appeal.
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