Biafra: Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer reacts to FG’s move to re-arrest IPOB leader

Ifeanyi Ejiofor, lawyer to leader of the Indigenous People of
Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has reacted to the move by the
Nigerian Government to revoke his client’s bail.

Ejiofor described the threat as “misconceived.”

Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, had 
on Friday demanded the revocation of Nnamdi Kanu’s bail granted in April by Justice Binta Nyako-led Federal High 
Court in Abuja.

The AGF said that the IPOB leader was exhibiting flagrant
disobedience of court orders on his bail conditions.

However, Ejiofor said that his client had “successfully
challenged the bail conditions referred to by the government”.

“Though we intend to file a formal response to their most
misconceived motion, it is my position that it does not lie in
the power of the AG to ask for the revocation of the bail
granted to my client.

“The prosecution can’t be seen at the same time as the
persecutors”, he told Premium Times.

“We have successfully challenged the bail terms we considered offensive to our clients constitutionally 
guaranteed rights. So their recent application is belated.

“Section 169 of the ACJA being relied upon by the AG can’t
avail the Attorney General absolute power to ask for the
revocation of bail. Parties must be heard on the merit by the
court.”

Ejiofor also said the alleged security outfit created by
 Nnamdi Kanu is a “mere group” formed in the exercise of the citizen’s constitutional right.

He added that the group cannot “by any stretch of the
imagination” constitute themselves into a security threat.
“Let the federal government open their case if they have any
genuine charge against my client. They are beating about the
bush because they have no case against my client.

“Let me remind the public that the main essence of bail is to
ensure that the person affected stands his trial and nothing
more.

“Our client is ready to stand his trial but the federal government is not willing to open their case, they are 
rather interested in keeping my client behind bars which 
can’t happen again.”