The Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has
said President Muhammadu Buhari and the Director-General of the
Department of State Services (DSS), Lawal Daura, should be arrested and
detained for disobeying court orders.
Nnamdi Kanu advised those calling for his arrest to direct their anger towards Buhari.
“President Buhari was the one who broke the laws; he disobeyed
the direct court order to release me unconditionally, not once, but
twice”, he told The Sun.
“Honourable Shuaibu of Wuse magistrate court granted me bail,
Buhari did not release me. Justice Ademola granted me unconditional
bail, Buhari and his cousin, Lawal Daura, refused to honour that court
order.
“They are the ones who should be detained for flagrant
disobedience to court orders. I want the northern Arewa irredentists to
call for the arrest of Buhari and Daura for flouting court order after
court order asking for my release.
“It smacks of hypocrisy and absolute cowardice that people who
could not rise up in defence of the law when a court made a judicial
pronouncement are now clamouring for my arrest because they believe it
is easy to do so.
“Before now, Nnamdi Kanu is Igbo, he is a Biafran and can be
arrested and nothing will happen but that would not be anymore, it would
no longer happen,” he said.
Nigerian government has approached a court in Abuja to seek the
revocation of Kanu’s bail on the grounds that he had violated the
conditions under which he was released.