I have the right to agitate for Biafra- Kanu insist

The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has insisted that he has the right to agitate for his people.

Kanu stated this on Monday after he appeared before Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja who adjourned the hearing of his case indefinitely.

The IPOB leader is facing terrorism charges, and has been in detention since 2021.

Speaking in the courtroom in a viral video, the IPOB leader, who was visibly angry, said he had the right to agitate for Biafra, stressing that it was his duty to clear some things to Nigerians.

He said, “Poor knowledge of the law is killing Nigeria. They don’t know the law. This is a federal gazetted law of Nigeria that says here that the Chief Judge of Nigeria cannot tell Binta Nyako what to do. It’s here. It’s your law. Just obey it. That is why I do what I do.

“I agitate for Biafra. I agitate for Biafra. It is my right to agitate. They turned it from treasonable felony now to terrorism.”

Kanu, however, insisted that Nyako had no jurisdiction to try him, saying a lot of things are happening in the country which many people do not know.

“She has no jurisdiction to try me. None whatsoever… She stands reclused from my case. There are things that are happening in this country that a lot of you don’t know. It’s my duty to make that very very clear to all of you today, because the lies are too much.