From Jeff Amechi Agbodo, Onitsha
THE Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) yesterday said that its leader, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu never begged President Muhammadu Buhari for freedom in a letter to the British Government.
The group noted that the central theme of the letter was to bring the attention of the British Government to the “shenanigans going on in the court, which include the disobedience to court orders by Buhari and his agents, the lack of confidence in both the Nigerian judicial system and the trial judge and the unarguable executive interference evidenced by the unguarded and prejudiced utterances of Buhari.”
A statement from the spokespersons of IPOB, Mr. Emma Nmezu, a lawyer and Dr. Clifford Chukwuemeka Iroanya noted that the letter to the British Government through the counsel to their leader was twisted by the agents of the Federal Government to mean a plea to Buhari to release Kanu.
“It is disheartening though not surprising that Buhari and his lying group posited that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu was begging the British Government to set him free from the illegal detention imposed by Buhari’s DSS. Nothing could be further from the truth. Buhari and his lying media henchmen have indeed sunk irretrievably into the abyss by this gross misrepresentation of facts as can be seen on the attached letter from IPOB Lawyers.”
The group continues: “It is interesting to note that none of the issues of miscarriage of justice contained in the letter was reported, which goes to prove that some segments of the media, like the judges in Nigerian courts, are purveyors of evil and inequity. Only a country of liars could have come up with such fabrications.”
“Buhari is desperate to wash his hands off the case and is looking for a way out hence the glee with which they spun the news about the letter to the British High Commission. Buhari’s plan is to hide under this misinterpreted letter and release Nnamdi Kanu to British Government and then avoid facing him in the court of law.”