Its Persecution Of Igbos – Nnamdi Kanu’s Lawyer Fumes Over IPOB Leader’s Incarceration

According to him, the Biafra freedom fighter is only exercising his rights, stressing that the ongoing trial is a war against Igbos.

Maxwell Opara, counsel to the self-proclaimed leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has expressed frustration over his client’s continued detention.

Addressing journalists after appearance in the Federal High Court Abuja on Thursday, the lawyer alleged that the IPOB leader is being held at the custody of the Department of State Services, DSS because he is an Igbo man.

According to him, the Biafra freedom fighter is only exercising his rights, stressing that the ongoing trial is a war against Igbos.

He said, “The Igbos are on trial. This is a war against the Igbos. You were here when the president ordered the police and the army to go and negotiate with terrorists and bandits.

“Now somebody that is exercising his right as given to him by the constitution you said he should enter trial, trial for what? Does the court even have the jurisdiction to entertain this particular matter? Somebody that has been discharged by the court of Appeal?

“This is a persecution not prosecution and I stand by it. I’m calling on the entire Nigerians, it’s the Igbos and Nnamdi Kanu today, it can be another person tomorrow. This is why we are protesting. Why should you be treating a human being like this simply because the person is an Ibo man.

“Can you do it to somebody from the North or West? Nobody is a second class citizen in this country”.