IPOB CRITICIZES THE COURT OVER THE HEARING SCHEDULE IN THE KANU CASE

The Supreme Court of Nigeria has come under fire from the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) for failing to set a hearing date for the federal government’s petition on behalf of Nnamdi Kanu.

Remember that the FG appealed the matter to the Supreme Court after the Court of Appeal released and acquitted IPOB leader Kanu on October 13th.

However, the Supreme Court has not yet set a date for the case’s hearing, which has prompted IPOB to respond by saying that the court colluded with the FG to prolong the arrest of its helmsman.

This was announced by IPOB in a statement released on Tuesday by Emma Powerful, its media and publicity secretary.

“IPOB is highly concerned about the lack of development in the matter before the Supreme Court of Nigeria regarding its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu,” the statement said in part.

“The delay, neglect, or refusal by the Nigerian Supreme Court for more than three months now and counting to fix a date to decide the appeal before them raises some doubts and questions as to whether the Nigerian Supreme Court has made itself complicit and a willing tool in the hands of the Nigerian government to delay and implicitly deny justice to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu,” it further stated.

“It should be remembered that on October 13, 2022, the Appeal Court in Abuja released and acquitted Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and prohibited the Federal Government from bringing further charges against him in any court in Nigeria. The Federal Government appealed to the Supreme Court rather than following the Appellate Court’s order.

The Supreme Court has declined to set a date to hear the appeal that is before it in what appears to be a conspiracy between the Supreme Court judges and the Federal Government of Nigeria to keep Mazi Nnamdi Kanu in a confinement that is unlawful.

But, the self-determination organization declared, “We are monitoring the Supreme Court of Nigeria, which is also a constitutional court, to restore their damaged reputation on the case of Kanu’s extraordinary rendition that has been brought before them.

They can either legitimize and institutionalize extraordinary rendition, which is against the law internationally, or they can restore order to the executive branch of government under the leadership of.