{"id":57919,"date":"2017-05-31T22:14:03","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T21:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=57919"},"modified":"2017-05-31T22:14:03","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T21:14:03","slug":"confusion-south-east-assembly-asks-abuja-court-revoke-nnamdi-kanus-bail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/confusion-south-east-assembly-asks-abuja-court-revoke-nnamdi-kanus-bail\/","title":{"rendered":"Confusion as South East Assembly asks Abuja Court to revoke Nnamdi Kanu\u2019s bail\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Barely 24 hours after the sit-at-home campaign that crippled business activities in the South East, a group, <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1959742018\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Wednesday<\/span><\/span>, asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to revoke the bail it granted to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu. IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Vanguard reports that the group which is under the aegis of South East Peoples Assembly (SEPA) in a letter dated May 31 and signed by its President, Prince Chukwuemeka Okorie, urged the Chief Judge of the high court, Justice Ibrahim Auta, to as a matter of urgency, revoke Kanu\u2019s bail.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0SEPA maintained that the IPOB leader has continued to conduct himself in a manner that is totally at variance with terms and conditions of his bail, among which included that he must not hold rallies, grant interviews or be in a crowd of more than 10 people. It said: \u201cObviously, the recklessness with which he made media statements and even organized the \u2018Sit at Home and Stay Indoor\u2019 protest to mark the so-called BIAFRA HEROES DAY on Tuesday, 30th May, 2017 is a threat to the unity, security and peace of Nigeria as a sovereign nation.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe have no iota of doubt that he is trying to push our dear country Nigeria into an unnecessary precarious situation for his personal agenda and those of his paymasters. \u201cSir, our decision to write this demand letter to your good office at this time is to forestall another civil unrest in Nigeria, particularly around the Igbo speaking region.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div>\u201cAs you well know, the struggle by Kanu to be relevant under the guise of actualization of Biafra does not enjoy the support of right thinking Igbo people both at home and in diaspora. \u201cThat he suddenly addresses himself as the Supreme Leader of Biafra points to how arrogant and disrespectful he is to legitimately constituted authority in the Federal Republic of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u201cThe pertinent question on our minds as stakeholders is: Has Kanu been consistent in providing the court with reports on the progress of his health and treatment on a monthly basis since he was granted bail? \u201cWe fear that if Kanu is not tamed by Your Lordship as a matter of urgency, the IPOB may create a situation where it becomes difficult if not impossible for genuine development to take place in the South East under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR. \u201cHistory has taught us that the Civil War of 1967-1970 started gradually and later turned out to be something that caused our people unimaginable losses. \u201cWe cannot afford to fold our arms this time and allow a stooge imported from the United Kingdom by stark enemies of Nigeria to maintain a state of belligerence against the nation and keep the name of Igbo people in the news for the wrong reasons.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div>\u201cAt the SEPA, our very mission is that we believe in the truth and can on the strength of this declare that the temporary freedom being enjoyed by Kanu has been abused. Therefore, we join the other patriotic Nigerians in urging Your Lordship to consider adopting the appropriate procedure to ensure that Kanu\u2019s bail is revoked within the next 7 (Seven) working days.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0\u201cIt may interest you to know that the whole world is watching how you have been faring to reposition the Federal High Court on the path of excellence and restore her lost glory\u201d, the letter read. 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