The group accuses the court of not being neutral in the IPOB leader’s case.
But the government refused to release the IPOB leader insisting that he could be unavailable in subsequent court proceedings if released and that his release would cause insecurity in the South-east.the court ruling and subsequently obtained an order staying execution of the court judgement at the Supreme Court.Emma Powerful, in the statement on Tuesday, said the silence and delay of the court to hear the appeal was worrisome given all the accelerated hearing processes filed on the case.
He claimed that the Supreme Court had accelerated hearing in political cases, but chose to treat Mr Kanu’s case differently. “The Supreme Court has shown that Biafrans are not safe in Nigeria. These actions justify Biafrans’ quest for a referendum to decide our economic and political future as an independent nation. Gone are the days when it is said that the judiciary is the hope of the common man, not anymore in Nigeria,” Mr Powerful said.
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