Kanu Vows Not to Return to Court

* Accuses army of killing 28 IPOB members

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi
Kanu, has vowed that he would not return to the Federal High Court
in Abuja where he was standing trial for treason.

Kanu who made this known in a broadcast via Radio Biafra and
monitored in Lagos, accused the Nigerian Army of killing 28 people
when soldiers invaded his father’s house in September 2017.

He also added that the court was unable to protect him when
officers and men of the Nigerian army laid siege in his compound
with alleged plan to wipe out his entire family.

He said that he did not deliberately refused to appear before
the court but was forced to do so because the court could not
protect him.

Kanu vowed that he would not return to court, describing the
court as kangaroo arrangement.

The IPOP leader who disappeared on September 14, 2017 said he
was evacuated from his compound but did not name who evacuated
him.

He said that Biafra when realised would develop intelligence
with the capacity of Israeli’s MOSSAD to avenge the death of 28
people killed by the Nigerian army in his compound.

Kanu who said he was solidly behind the former Governor of Ekiti
State, Ayo Fayose who is currently being detained by the Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), said the judge who asked
his sureties to produce him should have asked the army why they
invaded his residence.

“Nigerian court is a Kangaroo court. I did not jump bail; I left
because the court failed to protect me. I shall not be honouring
the court. I cannot be tried by a court I do not recognise,” he
said.

Kanu said that his people wanted a referendum for the Biafran
State.

“I have missed you for 13 months. I pray for all of you seven
times every day. There should be a moment of silence for the 28
persons who sacrificed their lives that we might live. Fulani
killers sent killers to my compound to kill my entire family. I
sustained a severe injury and 28 men fell,” he added..

Kanu said he was speaking from the holy land of Israel and
promised to return home.

He narrated how he and his family members escaped what he
described as assault, promising that the “efficiency of the MOSSAD”
would be replicated in the IPOB intelligence to avenge the blood of
IPOB family members that fell and boasted that no mortal can kill
him.

“I will come back to Biafra land. I was evacuated from my
compound. I and all Biafrans stand with Gov. Fayose at this dark
hour of persecution. My unavailability was not voluntary but was
forced upon me. The notion that I jumped bail is a fallacy, a lie,
and a deceit. I’m not afraid of them and can never be. They’re the
ones afraid of me and IPOB. I am a Biafran, and I hold British
citizenship,” he said.