Chidi Samuel|
The fugitive leader of the separatist Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), on Saturday, said he will challenge the court order that declared him wanted in the United Kingdom.
A federal high court presided over by Justice Binta Nyako last week revoked Kanu’s bail it granted in 2017 and issued a bench warrant for his arrest following his continued absence in court.
The IPOB leader is facing trial in Nigeria alongside other Biafran activists for alleged treason.
But speaking during a broadcast on Radio Biafra on Saturday, Kanu, who denied any wrong doing, said he has instructed his lawyers to challenge the arrest warrant in a UK court.
Kanu said, “The revocation of my bail will never ever hold; they can never convict us because we have done nothing wrong.”
“Every move they make, every decision they take, I will challenge. I have instructed my lawyers, we will challenge in a competent court of law here in Britain where law actually works. I am waiting for them.
“Any day you instruct INTERPOL, that day I will take it up in court and they must answer because here is a civilised country.
“First, I am not a Nigerian citizen. Your bail revocation will never ever work. Anybody interested in revoking my bail would have asked the army what they were doing in my place.”
Kanu also maintained that IPOB is not a terror group and will continue to agitate for an Independent State of Biafra.
He said, “They have not even defined the crime they said I have committed. There is no crime in Nigeria called secession; secession is not a crime in Nigeria or anywhere in the world. Only armed rebellion is a crime, not self determination.”
“If you are out to demoralise us, you will never ever succeed. We will continue to agitate; we continue to move forward because we are IPOB; we don’t relent and can never ever relent. Which crime did Nnamdi Kanu and his co-defendants commit? Somebody should name it. Secession is not a crime.”
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