By; BAYO AKAMO, Ibadan
Detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu yesterday, disassociated himself from the prolonged violence in the South Eastern part of the country.
Kanu said this while speaking with newsmen immediately after the Federal High Court in Abuja denied him bail in charges bordering on terrorism slammed against him by the federal government.
He vowed that those behind the violence leading to wanton killings of their fellow brothers and sisters and burning of property under the guise of being IPOB members would not be spared.
According to the IPOB leader, the violence persisted because he is being held in the custody of Department of State Services (DSS) adding, if released, there would be peace in the entire South- East region of the country.
“Anybody committing crime cannot go free. I swear it. Anybody committing crime in the South East cannot go free. They are doing it because I am in the DSS custody. If I were to be outside, nobody can try that,” he said.
Kanu added, “I suspect that some people in government are complicit. They are making money with the insecurity. They know if Nnamdi Kanu is outside, in two minutes this nonsense will stop.
“Who is the bagger or idiot that will speak when I am talking. That I will give an order in the East who is the idiot that I will give an order that will counter it? Nobody can. I am Nnamdi Kanu. Rubbish!” He declared.
The IPOB leader stressed, “Anybody involved in any form of violence in the East in the name of IPOB is a goner and they know it. Let me come out of this mess, only two minutes, there will be peace in the East”, he said.
Kanu had earlier through his lawyer, Alloy Ejimofor applied orally to Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja handling his trial that he be relocated out of the custody of the DSS to Kuje Correctional Center, Abuja.
He alleged that the DSS operatives are infringing on his fundamental rights by interfering with his conversations with his lawyers and family members, and that under such a situation, he cannot have the opportunity of preparing himself for his defense in the terrorism charges brought against him by the federal government.
Justice Nyako however, declined the request on the grounds that, the court had earlier delivered a ruling on the application and rejected the request and that the best option open to Kanu is to go the Court of Appeal to challenge the earlier ruling rather than coming back with the same application.
The court adjourned trial till April 17.
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