Nnamdi Kanu represents 99.9% Ndigbo’; as Igbo lawyers mobilise defence

The Bishop, Methodist Church Nigeria, Onitsha Diocese, Rt Rev. Biereonwu Livinus Onuagha, Tuesday, said that the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, might have exhibited youthful exuberance, but that he is representing 99.9 percent of the Igbo and the entity called Biafra.

This is just as lawyers from the South-East are mobilising in support of Ifeanyi Ejiofor, counsel to the Mazi Kanu.

Bishop Onuagha also said that Mazi Kanu is an asset not only to the Igbo but to entire Southern Nigeria, adding that any Igbo person openly criticizing him now he is embattled is a lost soul, a bastard and a naive person and he has no apology for using such words.


Bishop Onuagha also said that a handcuff in the hands of Mazi Kanu is a handcuff in the hands of every  Igbo,  saying that in a country dominated by ethno-religious identity politics, anyone throwing his own under the bus is making the biggest blunder one could commit.

Bishop Onuagha in a press statement, entitled, “My take on Nnamdi Kanu: Nnamdi Kanu is not the problem of Nigeria”   and made available to newsmen in Onitsha said that as long as Northerners are still standing with Pantami, Gumi,  Miyetti Allah and others, he will stand with Nnamdi Kanu.

Bishop Onuagha said that Nigeria is not working and can never work until something drastic is done about its lopsided structure, adding that what is happening in Nigeria is total injustice, calculated intimidation, sidelining and enslaving a group of people, adding that those that are benefiting from the systematic injustice will never allow the current system to be tampered with.


Bishop Onuagha’s statement read in part: “In the last few days, there have been mixed feelings in the nation of Nigeria.

“It is no longer news that Nnamdi Kanu has been arrested. Many people have their opinion on this and they are entitled to them. I am equally entitled to mine.

“Some people are rejoicing that Nnamdi Kanu has been arrested. Others are not happy because of that. The chase after Nnamdi Kanu is a misplaced priority.

“To me, any Igbo person openly criticizing Kanu now is a lost soul, a bastard and a naive person. No apology.

“Those Igbo rejoicing like Joe Igbokwe in Lagos is only being ignorant of the hand writing on the wall. Let me refer him to the Scripture if he reads his Bible:

“By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, and there we wept, when we remembered Zion. There on the poplars we hung our harps; for the wicked carried us away captivity, and required from us a song. How can we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land?”(Psalm 137: 1-4.)

“Joe Igbokwe does not know or understand that handcuffs on the hand of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, is handcuffs on the hands of every Igbo man. If I may ask, why is Joe Igbokwe thanking God for the arrest of Nnamdi Kanu?

“If I take a look at the apartheid policy in South Africa, the legend of our time- Daddy Nelson Mandela, he spent 27 years in prison to emancipate his people.

“He died in the struggle. Joe Igbokwe is only being selfish. How many of his investments are in Onitsha, Enugu, Awka, Abakaliki, Umuahia and Owerri? He is only making himself as a Tobias or Samballat.

“I listened to Senator Victor Umeh talk about the ideology of Nnamdi Kanu where he said Kanu may have spoken like a young man he is but there is truth in all he is saying.

“Can somebody tell me why Nigeria is insisting that Biafra should not  be self  governed? Is the Igbo man in the second agenda of this government?

“In a country dominated by ethno-religious identity politics, throwing your own under the bus is the biggest blunder anyone could commit. As long as the Northerners are still standing with Pantami, Gumi, Miyetti Allah, etcetera, I will stand with Nnamdi Kanu.

“Nnamdi Kanu may have his youthful exuberance but he is representing 99.9% of the Igbo and the entity called Biafra. This is no time to openly talk about his mistakes.

“Like every human being, he is not infallible. He has his Achilles’ heel and its attendant hubris. Even with his mistakes, Nnamdi Kanu is an asset not only to Ndigbo but to Southern Nigeria as a whole. His courage has earned my respect.

“He is the catalyst providing oxygen to all the agitations in the South today, be it Biafra or Oduduwa. The question is, the injustice and oppression that Kanu is fighting, are they real or imagined? Of course, even the blind can see them.

“You may not know the value of  a mad man in your family until herds of other madmen invade your ancestral home.

“Nigeria is not working and can never work until something drastic is done about its lopsided structure. What is happening in Nigeria is total injustice, calculated intimidation, sidelining and enslaving a group of people.

“Make no mistake, those that are benefitting from the systematic injustice will never allow  the current system to be tampered with.”

Igbo lawyers mobilise for Nnamdi Kanu, demand fair trial

In another development, the Igbo Lawyers Association, ILA, has said it is mobilizing other lawyers to work with Barr. Ifeanyi Ejiofor, counsel to the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, to ensure he gets the best legal representation in his ongoing trial.

Kanu who was recently re-arrested by the Nigerian government is scheduled to be in court on July 26, 2021, for the continuation of his trial

Briefing the media in Aba, chairman of the Association, Chief Chuks Muomah, SAN, who was represented by Chief Ukpai Ukairo, condemned the illegal manner in which Kanu was intercepted and brought to Nigeria.

The association called on the British government to investigate the illegality to ascertain how the IPOB Leader was moved from Kenya to Nigeria.

The group stated that one of its major objectives is to fight and protect the justifiable course of the Igbo man to fairness, justice and equity in Nigeria, stressing that it will henceforth, interface with all pro-Igbo organizations including the World Igbo Congress, WIC, for the attainment of the objectives.

“We’re calling on the British government to interrogate the interception of a British citizen, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu in Kenya and the subsequent detention in Nigeria.

“We are doing this because we want the British government to ensure the reversal of the illegality of that interception.

“We are also giving notice that Igbo Lawyers Association is mobilizing lawyers from across the globe to put up the best defence available under municipal and  international law  in defence of the rights of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.

“This is because we stand on the pedestal that there must be a fair trial within the prism of  settled international guidelines to ensure justice. We’re already in touch with Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor and he’s aware.

“The Honourable Attorney General of the Federation used the word interception and not arrest because he knows that what happened cannot come under the definition of an arrest.

“An interception is a kidnap and abduction. Having intercepted him, brought him to court, what we are saying is that all  tenets of justice must be observed,” the Association said.


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/07/nnamdi-kanu-represents-99-9-ndigbo-says-methodist-bishop-as-igbo-lawyers-mobilise-defence/

To defend him of what??

NWA Chineke

Another ethnic bigot

Abeggi, Don't mention the whole south

Is he not the same man that wanted to burn Lagos and whole south west down.


As for we , we don't want enemy that behaves like friend( a won omo O-jukwu)

Even the British government are interested in this case because Kanu is British citizen

Buhari won't have this easy

Joe Igbokwe will be the biggest loser at the end. He will become stateless except for Gutter Republic where he is already the president. Gutterman Igbokwe

Abdul05:
Another ethnic bigot

It Pained this Aboki well well, go and hang in the next transformer for all we care !

MNK the hero will come out unscathed.

And he will never give up on his struggles to restore BIAFRA.


The idiota from Daura will be put to shame.

this thing go pain CilicMarin ehhh

Mynd44 lalasticlala front page

Abdul05:
Another ethnic bigot



Is he not the same man that wanted to burn Lagos and whole south west down.

If true, he should have. It is not called $outh Waste for nothing

Umu Chineke will always nwe mmeri!

Once more, Buhari and his cows has goofed again.

They have acquired a Pandora Box in Kanu.

Now they can’t let him go nor would they mistreat him.

Because the eyes of the world is on Nigeria now. When they arrested him in 2017, Nnamdi Kanu was relatively unknown but not now that dude is known worldwide even by foreign govts.

Buhari is unintelligent.

Malami’s law degree should be withdrawn.

Every useless opinions are now planted on the pages of equally useless Vanguard News...No be on Reverend na Retard..

Nonesense!

Kanu might not be the best diplomat and sometimes annoying in his approach to things but you can't remove the fact that he's voice of ndị Igbo in the midst of Buhari's oppression.

if not Kanu who will speak for igbos?
the useless SE governors that'll pocket dollars and keep shut?
if our leaders have not been selfish who's Kanu?
if our leaders was like Abaribe, nobody will listen to Kanu but instead they choose corrupt wealth over their people.

yes Kanu might not be the best person to pilot igbo affairs but in the days of needs even the devil eat flies.

so I stand with our learned gentlemen on this.

Easternblood:
If true, he should have. It is not called $outh Waste for nothing

See this flat..headed beast from the sad east.
Your evil wishes are already manifesting in your sad life.
Ipod pigdiot.
13 sacks of white beans for Dilector's ipodic stomach

Abdul05:
Another ethnic bigot

Abeg, Don't mention the whole south

Was he not the same man that wanted to burn Lagos and whole south west down.

Keep living in self denial, e go reach everyone.

CilicMarin:
Every useless opinions are now planted on the pages of equally useless Vanguard News...No be on Reverend na Retard..

Nonesense!

omo see maximum pain and anguish

Abdul05:
[s]Another ethnic bigot

Abeg, Don't mention the whole south

Is he not the same man that wanted to burn Lagos and whole south west down.[/s]

Fulani Marauder, you divide and rule antic can't work this time..

Typical loser !

AchalugoNwa:
omo see maximum pain and anguish

Go and look for work...having a thousand handles on Nairaland is not work, BloodyKiller, [b]Opiaoku, 156ix, 175five etc...are your numerous handles here..

[s]

CilicMarin:


Go and look for work...having a thousand handles on Nairaland is not work, BloodyKiller.

[/s]
sorry dear do I know you?
why are you accusing me of killing?

Abdul05:
Another ethnic bigot

Abeg, Don't mention the whole south

Is he not the same man that wanted to burn Lagos and whole south west down.


As for we , we don't enemy that behaves like friend

Aboki fast and focus on your almijiri poverty boko Haram , bandits terrorist govern north where live is brutal,primitives and shot . Stop claiming Western that you primitive Cline what to capture after destroying the north.

I am an Akwa Ibom son and i must confess my love for Nnamdi kanu recently no be here, he is a wise man and has opened southerners eyes so wide to reality, may God bless and be with him, may God help him succeed in his struggles.

They want to defend the sadistic and barbaric stone-age killer who just asked his terrorist group to kill and bury 20,000 of your own fellow ibo men, women and children with this worthless babalawo voodoo terrorists..

The same terrorists burnt down your towns and villages, slaughtered 10 innocent young girls to do babalawo juju..

They have zero moral compasses in that part of the country, they are totally morally bancrupt.

They dnt know. Nnamdi Kanu reps all Igbos. You can't be treating him like a terrorist because he asked to b free from nigeria...whilst u pet d real terrorists who rape pple and kill soldiers and policemen everyday.
I saw a video of a terrorist publicly telling his pple how he wasted soldiers...he is yet to be kidnapped and tortured by d govt, d same way dey are treating MNK who did absolutely nothing. Enough of the rubbish.

NGpatriot:

E pain this fulani terrorist !

With all this atrocities committed by your maruader brothers and still walking free, Nigeria can never remain as one..

it's so true that majority of Igbos are pained by the 2nd capture of Nna mumu di Kanu. Unfortunately they have absolutely nothing to do about it other than ranting.

IPOB animals with fake figures. Igbos and and IPOB scumbags should never be placed in the same basket. While IPOB is a registered company with Nnamdi Kanu as CEO, Igbo is an ethnic group.

Rather the headline should be Nnamdi Kanu represents 99.9% of IPOB abobaku’s.