The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, returned to the federal high court in Abuja today in continuation of his trial.
On the last trial on May 20, Judge Binta Nyako again refused his bail application even after his personal oral appeals.
Kanu has been standing trial since 2016 for terrorism-related charges, although most of the charges have been squashed.
Flanked by his lead counsel, Aloysius Ejimakor, Kanu reiterated his call for an end to all violence in the South-East region where Sit-At-Home every Monday is still being enforced by unknown persons.
“I condemn any manner of killing”, Kanu remarked. “IPOB was founded on a non-violence principle, and I still maintain that.”
Alluding to the recent killing of soldiers in Aba by some hoodlums, Kanu said, “Some of the soldiers recently killed are our people, and the families are now in mourning. All the making of young widows is condemnable in its entirety. I don’t want anybody to die. We’re fighting for freedom, so how can we fight for death at the same time. It’s not possible”.
He said it was important for all Africans to unite to forge a divine destiny promised by God.
“We want people to be free. We’ve suffered a lot in Africa, from slavery in Europe to slavery in Arabia and America. We should focus our time and devote it to making sure this continent stands up to what God promised it was going to be. And that’s what we’re doing.”
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