IPOB stated that the sit-at-home exercise will commence from November 5 till 10, when Kanu appears at the Federal High Court in Abuja where he is facing treasonable charges levelled against him by the President Muhammadu Buhari’s government.
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has said its members and residents of the South-East region will embark on another sit-at-home for six days except the Nigerian government unconditionally releases its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, before November 4.
IPOB stated that the sit-at-home exercise will commence from November 5 till 10, when Kanu appears at the Federal High Court in Abuja where he is facing treasonable charges levelled against him by the President Muhammadu Buhari’s government.
The pro-Biafra secessionist group decried how the Nigerian government and its security agencies barred lawyers, journalists and delegates from entering into the court premises, adding that it would no longer condone secret trial arranged for the separatist agitator.
IPOB stated these in a statement by spokesperson, Emma Powerful, which was obtained by SaharaReporters on Saturday.
It reads, “Following the adjournment of our great leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu's court case to 10th of November 2021, by the Federal High Court Abuja, we the great movement and family of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), wish to inform Biafrans, friends of Biafra and lovers of freedom that IPOB will lock down Biafra land from 5th of November to 10th of November except Sunday, November 7th, a day our people worship the Almighty God, if the Nigeria Government fails to release our leader unconditionally before 4th of November 2021.
"Our leader, Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu must be released unconditionally on or before November 4, 2021 because he has not committed any offense known to any law.
"Failure to release our leader Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu on or before November 4, 2021, our one week Sit-At-Home begins on November 5, 2021 till November 10.
"We have taken time to analyse what transpired on October 21 when our leader was arraigned in court and discovered that the federal government is not sincere and only wants to humiliate him and keep him perpetually in DSS custody to rot there.
"We all saw how lawyers, journalists, Igbo delegates and respected traditional rulers and other people who came from all around the world to witness his court case were restricted and denied access into the court premises by security agents who kept them outside under the scorching heat of the sun.
"We cannot accept that anymore. We can never allow our leader Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu to be tried secretly and we can never also allow him to be tried under Sharia law under any guise. Nigeria must follow international laws in handling our leader.
"Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is in DSS dungeon today because of his passion for Biafra independence, and we must sacrifice all we can to ensure that he regains his freedom. He has sacrificed so much for us all, so we must be prepared to sacrifice little for him.
"Unless the federal government releases him unconditionally before November 4, we shall sacrifice one week for him as a warning protest to convey to our oppressors that Nnamdi Kanu represents over 70million Biafrans. He is innocent of all the charges preferred against him. As long as he is in detention our individual businesses do not matter so much because he is suffering for us all and we can't abandon him."