Alleged Plot To Assassinate Nnamdi Kanu On Oct 1

IPOB alleges that the federal government plans to assassinate Nnamdi Kanu.

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has raised an alarm over an alleged plot by the federal government to assassinate its leader, Nnamdi Kanu inside the prison custody on October 1.

The group in a statement issued by its spokespersons, Emma Nmezu and Dr. Clifford Iroanya, on Thursday, September 15, queried the federal government for abandoning its prosecution of Kanu and going for the option of his alleged assassination on Nigeria’s 56th independent anniversary celebration.

According to Vanguard, the group accused President Muhammadu Buhari of freeing a terrorist Kabiru Umar (a.k.a Kabiru Sokoto), and criticised the president for disobeying court orders on the unconditional release of Nnamdi Kanu.

It said: “Is the government not sure of the ability of its legal team to make a strong case for the conviction of Kanu? Is government impatient with the rule of law to the extent that it now wants to take the laws into its hands and resort to extra-judicial killing which has always been its second nature?

                           

“What is the rationale behind government’s preference for the freedom of a terrorist and mass murderer over compliance with the rulings of courts of competent jurisdictions?” 

Berating the president, the group said with Buhari’s limited education and non-existent leadership training plus lack of updated skills in modern and democratic governance, he should at least respect the constitution of the country he is claiming to be the president of.

Meanwhile, Nnamdi Kanu has raised alarm over continued detention of five of his relatives by the Department of State Security Services (DSS).

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in a letter written to the minister of interior Abdulrahman Dambazau and the comptroller general of prison Ja’afaru Ahmed also alleged possible threats to his life while in custody.

Kanu in the letter sent to Dambazau and Ahmed by his lawyer Ifeanyi Ejiofor and obtained exclusively by NAIJ.com was dated Wednesday, September 14, and acknowledgement from receipts received same day.