On Tuesday Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has urged his loyalists to be vigilant ahead of the December 15 Supreme Court judgment regarding his incarceration.
Kanu urged his followers to be watchful against any plot by those he referred to as ‘fifth columnists’ to “rock the boat” before the judgment.
According to Aloy Ejimakor, the Special Counsel to Kanu passed the message across to his followers during a meeting with his legal team at the Abuja facility of the Department of State Services, DSS, on Tuesday.
Recall that in June 2021, Kanu was rearrested in Kenya and subjected to extraordinary rendition.
Upon his return to Nigeria, the Federal Government had arraigned Kanu on a four-count pre-rendition charge.
The former Attorney-General of Nigeria, Abubakar Malami, withdrew all but one of the four counts in the charge and replaced them with 14-count charge, bordering on terrorism and membership of a proscribed organization.
In the course of time, the Federal High Court, pursuant to applications made, reduced the charges to seven-counts, which were later quashed by the Court of Appeal.
Despite being discharged and acquitted, the Nigerian Government has refused to set Kanu free.
In a post on Ejimakor X handle on Tuesday, wrote, “UPDATE: I just exited today’s visitation with Onyendu #MNK in the company of my colleague, Barr Mandela.
“He directed that, as we count down to Dec 15, the loyal & faithful should be vigilant to any plot by the Fifth Columnists to ‘rock the boat’ & pin the blame on our people.”
