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IPOB Members, Others Risk Jail Terms As Nigerian House of Reps Proposes 25-Year Imprisonment, N10Million Fine For Separatist Agitation

4 months ago979 min

The Nigerian House of Representatives has introduced the Counter Subversion Bill 2024, which aims to impose stringent penalties on individuals involved in separatist agitations or actions that incite inter-group or sectional conflicts. According to the proposed legislation, anyone convicted of such offences could face a prison sentence of up to 25 years, a fine of N10 million, or both, The Sun reports. The bill’s explanatory memoranda state that the legislation seeks to criminalise...

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Nnamdi Kanu’s Lawyers ‘Denied Access To Detained IPOB Leader,’ Lament Seizure Of Documents By Nigerian Secret Police, DSS

9 months ago966 min

The legal team of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has lamented that they have been repeatedly denied access to their client. Kanu has been detained by the Department of State Services (DSS) since the extraordinary rendition from Kenya to Nigeria in June 2021. The legal team led by Barrister Aloy Ejimakor raised the alarm in a press briefing, saying the DSS not only denied them access...

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Nnamdi Kanu’s Lawyer, Ejimakor Raises Alarm Over Secret Recording Of Conversations With Detained IPOB Leader By DSS Agents

9 months ago814 min

Ejimakor cited an example of how the DSS once mistakenly filed in court, a photograph of him and Kanu taken during one of his meetings with the IPOB leader. Barrister Aloy Ejimakor, the lead counsel for the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has raised the alarm over secret recordings of his meetings and conversations with his client by the officials of the Department of State Services (DSS). Ejimakor...

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Why Buhari should release Nnamdi Kanu before end of his term – Ohanaeze president, Iwuanyanwu

2 years ago662 min

Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to release Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, before the end of his tenure. Kanu, according to Iwuanyanwu, should be released to care for his deteriorating health. Speaking in Enugu yesterday, the elder statesman stated that if Kanu is released, Nigerians will be relieved. While Kanu is detained, Iwuanyanwu believes the Southeast will find it difficult to reach an agreement...