A Federal High Court, Abuja has fixed Nov. 10 for hearing the application of leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, challenging the competency of the charge preferred against him by the Federal Government Justice Binta Nyako, on Thursday, fixed the date after counsel to Kanu, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, informed that he had a notice of preliminary objection challenging the fresh seven-count charge filed against his client. Earlier, counsel to the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Mohammed Abubakar, told the court that an amended seven counts had…
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Sorrow, tears, blood in the southeast, IPOB dissociate self
In a press statement issued by the proscribed IPOB through Comrade Emma Powerful, the Media and Publicity Secretary of the group on September 30, 2021.The group dissociates itself from the mayhem in the southeast and particularly stated that they have not issued any official pronouncement on the forthcoming Anambra election.“We have no hands in the politically motivated killings in southeast,” IPOB declared.The press release here state in full, the true position of the group regarding the unwholesome events and carnage that has recently engulfed the southeast.“We the great family of…
Read MorePERSPECTIVES ON THE SYMBOLIC ‘PRESIDENTIAL AMNESTY’ RECENTLY GRANTED TO CHIEF FEMI FANI KAYODE AND THE EMERGING NEED FOR AN ACTUAL PRESIDENTIAL AMNESTY TO SUNDAY IGBOHO, NNAMDI KANU, BOKO HARAM TERRORISTS AND BANDITS – KAYODE AJULO
The report filtered through the airwaves few days ago, leaving a media storm in its wake as the development elicited diverse reactions across the emotional spectrum from various quarters. Chief Femi Fani-Kayode had done the unthinkable and deservedly so, the news generated quite a number of controversies as manifestly evident in the series of vituperations, remonstrations, denunciations, disapproval and in some instances, admiration heavily dissipated on the subject matter. Indeed, the defection of Femi Fani Kayode from the opposition to the ruling All Progressives’ Congress and his subsequent visit to…
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