Nnamdi Kanu: How We Will Surprise Nigerians On November 6—Ezeife

<p><em>Nnamdi Kanu<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that ahead of the governorship election in Anambra State&comma; a former governor of the State on the platform of the Social Democratic Party&comma; Chief Chukwuemeka Ezeife has alerted Nigerians that there will be surprises on November 6 &comma; the day fixed for the election&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The elder statesman mad this disclosure in Abuja on Thursday during the re-arraingment of the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra&comma; IPOB&comma; Nnamdi Kanu&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Security agents have barricaded the Federal High Court Abuja&comma; ahead of the scheduled trial of <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">Kanu<&sol;a> who is expected to take a fresh plea before trial Justice Binta Nyako&comma; on an amended seven-count charge bordering on incitement&comma; treasonable felony and terrorism&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Ezeife who was barred by the heavily armed security operatives from entering the courtroom&comma;alongside other Igbo chiefs admonished public office holders to exercise moderation in the use of power against perceived enemies of the state saying &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;All powers belong to God&period; Let all of us pray to God&period; It is a sense of duty that brought us here&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;People at home&comma; don’t be annoyed&period; We will surprise Nigerians on November 6&comma;” Ezeife vowed&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;FG had in the mended charge marked FHC&sol;ABJ&sol;CR&sol;383&sol;2015&comma; which was signed by a team of government lawyers led by the Director&comma; Public Prosecution of the Federation&comma; Mr&period; M&period; B&period; Abubakar&comma; alleged that Kanu had in furtherance of an act of terrorism&comma; issued a deadly threat that anyone that flouted his sit-at-home order should write his or her will&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;FG alleged that as a result of Kanu’s directive&comma; banks&comma; schools&comma; markets&comma; shopping malls&comma; fuel stations were not opened for businesses&comma; with vehicular movements grounded in the South East region of the country&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;It said the action amounted to an offence contrary to and punishable under 1&lpar;2&rpar; &lpar;b&rpar; of the Terrorism Prevention Amendment Act&comma; 2013&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;FG alleged that Kanu had &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;on or about the 28th April&comma; 2015 in London&comma; United Kingdom did in a broadcast on Radio Biafra monitored in Enugu&comma; Enugu state and other parts of Nigeria within the jurisdiction of this honourable court&comma; referred to Major General Muhammadu Buhari&comma; GCON&comma; President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as a paedophile&comma; a terrorist&comma; an idiot and an embodiment of evil&comma; knowing same to be false and you thereby committed an offence contrary to section 375 of the Criminal Code Act&comma; Cap C&period; 38 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria&comma; 2004”&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He was alleged to have committed treasonable felony&comma; an offence punishable under Section 41&lpar;C&rpar; of the Criminal Code Act&comma; CAP C38 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria<br &sol;>&NewLine;He was alleged to had between 2018 and 2021&comma; through Radio Biafra&comma; professed to be a member of IPOB&comma; a proscribed organization in Nigeria&comma; and thereby committed an offence punishable under section 16 of the Terrorism Prevention Amendment Act&comma; 2013&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In count five of the charge&comma; FG alleged that Nnamdi <strong>Kanu<&sol;strong> had on April 22&comma; 2021&comma; in London&comma; United Kingdom&comma; on Radio Biafra monitored in Enugu and other parts of Nigeria&comma; did an act of terrorism &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;in that you incite the other members &lpar;followers&rpar; of the Indegenious People of Biafra &lpar;IPOB&rpar;&comma; a proscribed organization in Nigeria&comma; to look for security personnel&comma; their family members through a Radio Biafra on 102&period;1FM monitored through the IPOB Community Radio&comma; and you thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 1 &lpar;2&rpar; &lpar;h&rpar; of the Terrorism Prevention Amendment Act&comma; 2013&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;FG lined up five witnesses to testify in the matter&comma; among whom are officials of the Department of State Service&comma; DSS&comma; and one Ronald S&period; who was identified as the manager of a Hotel in Lagos&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;FG had on July 26&comma; failed to produce the embattled IPOB leader in court despite heavy security that was also mounted around the court’s vicinity&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Both the IPOB and apex Igbo socio-cultural group&comma; Ohaneze Ndigbo&comma; had earlier urged FG to ensure Kanu’s presence in court today&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;