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Biafra news : Nnamdi Kanu explodes, alleges miscarriage of justice, petitions NBA

  Nnamdi Kanu explodes, alleges miscarriage of justice, petitions NBA By Steve Oko Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, blew hot as he petitioned the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), seeking sanctions against three judges -Justices Binta Nyako, Haruna Tsammani, and Garba Lawal – for alleged gross judicial misconduct. Kanu, in the strongly-worded petition he personally signed and made available to Sunday Vanguard through one of his lawyers, Umesi, accused the trio of miscarriage of justice in his trial. Recall that Kanu, who was extraordinarily renditioned from Kenya since June 2021, has remained in detention at the Abuja headquarters of the Department of State Service, DSS.  The IPoB leader chronicled the alleged offenses of the judicial officers against him, urging the NBA, currently meeting in Enugu, to investigate them and take appropriate measures against them. Kanu also urged NBA to  “publish a report condemning the use of civil procedures...

Biafra news. : Discuss my case at your national conference, Nnamdi Kanu urges NBA

  The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has written to the Nigerian Bar Association,  praying the body to include his matter in its agenda of the 2025 NBA Annual General Conference holding in Enugu State.   MAKE MONEY ONLINE $25 DAILY Kanu, in a letter addressed to the NBA president, dated August 18, 2025 and received at the national Secretariat on August 22, 2025, was made available to newsmen on Friday in Abuja. The IPOB leader, in the letter titled: “Re: Miscarriages of Justice in the Case of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu,” and personally signed by him, said the NBA, as one of the guardians of the legal profession and the promoter of the rule of law, cannot continue to turn its face the other way.      Free mining app you can mine $55 daily “Sir, my name is Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), an organisation which is a lawful human right organisation   registered in over 18 countries of the world wi...

Nigeria FG accused of injustices against Nnamdi Kanu

  FG accused of injustices against Nnamdi Kanu A group campaigning for the rights of the Igbo people has accused the Federal Government of injustice against Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), and other detained Biafran activists.  Scholastica Nwakaego Anyanwu, spokesperson of the IPOB Jewish Community, signed the statement and highlighted Kanu’s resilience, stating his case represents the wider struggle for justice and equality for the Igbo people.  Anyanwu , who said she is living in exile, accused the APC-led government of persecuting the Igbo through killings, displacements, and forced exiles.  She called on the international community to  pay attention to what she described as human rights violations. The group described Kanu as the face of their movement and praised his courage in standing up for the Igbo cause.  It also condemned the alleged targeting of Biafran families, including the family of HRM Eze Israel Kanu, Nnamdi ...

Biafra news. : Nnamdi Kanu’s Lawyer Explains Why FG Must Release IPOB Leader

  A member of the legal team defending the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu Onyedikachi Ifedi Esq., has launched a scathing attack on what he described as “government-sponsored propaganda” against IPOB, insisting that the Federal Government has no legal grounds to continue holding Kanu in custody. The lawyer in a statement sent to  BIAFRA NEWS  on Monday referenced the Canadian Court’s designation of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the major opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as terrorist groups arguing that it happened “in a jurisdiction where justice is not for sale.” Recall after the court decision in the past week, the Federal government rejected the designation arguing it amounted to meddling in the internal affairs of the country and called the Canadian government to renounce it. However, the lawyer who is a member of Nnamdi Kanu’s global defence team said, “while APC-controlled propaganda outlets call IPOB a...

Biafra news : Students Urge Tinubu To Order Unconditional Release Of Nnamdi Kanu

  The Comrade Isah Atiku Abubakar-led National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called on President Bola Tinubu to intervene and order the immediate and unconditional release of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. In a joint statement signed by its President, Comrade Isah Atiku Abubakar, and Public Relations Officer, Comrade Orowole Eniola, sent to  BIAFRA NEWS  on Tuesday, the students’ body said Kanu’s prolonged detention has become “a matter of serious concern” and urged the President to adopt a political solution to resolve the issue. “Kanu has been in detention since June 27, 2021, after his arrest in Kenya and subsequent extradition to Nigeria “It is evident that he has been granted bail on several occasions by courts of competent jurisdiction, yet those judgments have not been enforced nor officially denied by the Federal Government,” Abubakar said. The association noted that several groups, leaders, and organ...

Biafra news : Ex-Lawmaker Urges Tinubu To Release Kanu For APC’s 2027 Votes

A former lawmaker who represented Oshodi-Isolo from 2015 to 2023 in the Lagos Assembly, Jude Idimogu, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to grant clemency to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. Kanu, the leader of the self-determination movement, was arrested in Nairobi, Kenya, in 2021, brought to Nigeria, and had since been in custody facing trial. Idimogu in an interview with NAN on Sunday in Lagos, said releasing Kanu would help the ruling APC in the South-East as the nation approaches the 2027 general elections.   “It will add to our votes in the South-East. If the President can look at this issue, the South-East will never forget him but forever be grateful,” he said. Idimogu urged well-meaning Nigerians including Igbo leaders, South-East governors to speak with one voice by appealing to the President to grant Kanu pardon. He said that such pardon if granted would not be forgotten and would aid the party’s fortune in South-East in 2027 gener...

Biafra news. : Supreme Court Ruling On Nnamdi Kanu Violates African Charter — Lawyer

Calls IPOB Leader’s Trial ‘Judicial Mutiny A legal practitioner, Onyedikachi Ifedi, has condemned the ongoing terrorism trial of Biafra agitator, Nnamdi Kanu, describing it as a judicial betrayal of the African Charter on human and peoples’ rights. Kanu, who was forcefully returned to Nigeria from Kenya in 2021, is standing trial before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja. But Ifedi insists the prosecution is unlawful because the African Charter, domesticated as part of Nigerian law, expressly prohibits extraordinary rendition and inhuman treatment. In a statement on Thursday, the lawyer argued that any trial arising from Kanu’s abduction is unconstitutional, null, and contrary to binding precedent. “To allow a prosecution tainted by kidnapping and torture to proceed against the Biafran leader is expressly forbidden by the Charter and confirmed by the larger constitutional bench of the Supreme Court of Nigeria,” he said. Ifedi faulted the December 15, 2023 judgmen...