Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), says President Muhammadu Buhari is influencing the court to convict him for treasonable felony.

Kanu made this allegation through his lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, at a media briefing in Abuja on Wednesday.

Ejiofor said the president’s “pronouncement” on issues regarding Biafra was prejudicial, and that they were capable of forcing the hands of the court to convict his client.

He cited the president’s statements in Katsina, where he said that nobody could divide the country, and in his December presidential media chat, where he said that the IPOB leader should not be granted bail because he was a flight risk.

The counsel opined that Buhari was inadvertently compelling the court to do his bidding.

“Nnamdi Kanu is a political prisoner, and this was confirmed in the presidential media chat,” he said.

“The pronouncements of the president is affecting the decision of the court. We consider the pronouncements prejudicial.

“The president should not be making pronouncements that are indirectly influencing the decision of the judges.”

Ejiofor added that he had filed a fundamental rights suit against the federal government at the ECOWAS court on the imprisonment of Kanu.

“We went to ECOWAS court because we believe we will be given justice. Only ECOWAS court can give us justice,” he said.

MrAdetunjiBayo:
We yoruba muslim support buhari in his fight against Ipod and yellow ibo kanu. We do this because Buhari is greater than Awo. Kanu and beans must unite in kuje. Say Baba!

MrAdetunjiBayo:
My fellow yoruba muslims please, it's time to shout about kanu and beans plus kuje.

MrAdetunjiBayo:
We yoruba muslim support buhari in his fight against Ipod and yellow ibo kanu. We do this because Buhari is greater than Awo. Kanu and beans must unite in kuje. Say Baba!

nakamora:



IpoB boy how far.We known that you're pained that your dilector is in prison eating beans. What Ojukwu couldn't achieved with his military background. This your albino is a gunner.

WHEN IS IPOB NEXT PROTEST COMING UP.I LIKE SEEING THOSE COMEDIANS.

"I admit that there are a few cases where apparently stringent rules have been applied as a result of threats to national security and the likelihood that certain persons may escape from the country or seek to undermine the stability of Nigeria". - PMB

TippyTop:
Explosion rocking Maiduguri today, militants blowing up all "blowables", Shiites waiting to pounce, IPOB may as well put the final nail on the country formerly known as Nigeria.

ritababe:
buhari should forgive him na

papaejima1:
Buhari will fail as far as Kanu is concerned.

Nnamdi Kanu's boldness to confront the Nigerian State has given other groups the inspiration to fight for their rights.

Dead or Alive, Kanu has re-awakened many SE and SS citizens to their rights. Even the children now know about him and the cause he is fighting for. So come hail or high water, the vision will outlive many of us.