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The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has declared that the conviction of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, was based on what it described as ‘engineered insecurity’.

IPOB made the assertion in a statement by its spokesman, Emma Powerful, on Wednesday. The pro-Biafra group noted that Kanu could not have been responsible for the insecurity in the South-East while he was held in solitary confinement, with no access to phone or the outside world.

IPOB blamed individuals it described as ‘desperate political’ actors for the violence that rocked the South-East after Kanu’s extraordinary rendition from Kenya, where he was arrested in 2021.

According to the statement, the insecurity was engineered to frame Kanu and IPOB as terrorists, to pave way for his eventual conviction.

Parts of the statement, titled ‘Engineered insecurity and judicial absurdity: How a man in solitary confinement was blamed for crimes he could not have committed’, read, “The noble family of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) draws the attention of Nigerians and the international community to a dangerous lie that has been carefully constructed to justify the continued detention and conviction of our leader.

"Immediately after the extraordinary rendition of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu in June 2021, desperate political actors—many of whom have long envied his influence—unleashed violence and chaos across the South-East. Their aim was simple and wicked: create insecurity and blame it on Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, so they could later claim they were right to abduct, detain, and jail him.

“These are the same people who rushed to proscribe IPOB, after Ekwulobia and Aba mega rallies in mid-2017 where millions trooped out just to catch a glimpse of our leader, even though the Abuja Federal High Court had earlier in March 2017 ruled that IPOB is not a terrorist organisation. In plain terms, a group declared lawful by a court was later branded “terrorist” through ex-parte for political convenience.

“These are the same people that killed IPOB members that organised and attended President Trump Solidarity Rally in Igweocha (Port Harcourt) on 20 January 2017. Again, Biafrans killed without justification.

"It is painful to note that yet again, the same forces behind the manufactured insecurity are the same ones who unleashed Operation Python Dance, a military operation that targeted Mazi Nnamdi Kanu for assassination and led to the killing of unarmed civilians across the South-East with 28 murdered in his country home.”

IPOB said it was shocking that the trial judge in Nnamdi Kanu’s trial blamed him for insecurity in the South-East without any evidence.

The statement added, “Most shocking of all is what followed in court. In his judgment, Omotosho repeatedly cited insecurity in the South-East from 2022 onwards and blamed it on Mazi Nnamdi Kanu—despite the fact that Mazi Kanu had already been abducted, rendered to Nigeria, and locked in underground solitary confinement.

"Let Nigerians and the world pause and think. Mazi Nnamdi Kanu was held incommunicado in the custody of the (DSS) in Abuja. He had no phone, no visitors, no access to the outside world. Yet he was blamed for events said to have happened in the South-East, outside prison walls.

“This is not justice. It is judicial nonsense. Let us state the absurdity clearly: A man in total state custody was convicted for crimes allegedly committed while he was in chains.

In any sane country, such reasoning by a supposed learned judge would attract instant condemnation from fellow judges and the legal fraternity. But in Nigeria, the plot was so well executed that many people stopped asking basic questions.”

IPOB insisted that there is no evidence to tie Kanu to the violence and killings blamed on him.

“Nobody has asked: Who did Mazi Nnamdi Kanu kill? Who came to court to say Kanu killed their brother, sister, or parent? Where is the evidence—bodies, witnesses, forensic proof? There is none. Absolutely none.

“Those who planned this deception did a thorough job. They confused the public, silenced questions, and drowned the truth in propaganda. But no lie lasts forever.

“If these Igbo politicians and their external sponsors had been honest enough to admit that the insecurity story was deliberately created just to jail Kanu, our leader would have willingly sacrificed himself if it would have saved the innocent Biafrans who were killed simply to build a case against him. Their blood cries out,” the group added.

IPOB called on the international community, foreign governments and parliaments, human rights organisations, lawyers and judges of conscience,
“to look beyond propaganda and confront the truth: this conviction is built on manufactured insecurity, no evidence, and the criminalisation of political dissent”.

“History will remember those who spoke the truth—and those who used chaos to silence a man,” IPOB declared.

https://dailypost.ng/2026/01/14/no-access-to-phone-outside-world-nnamdi-kanu-convicted-on-engineered-insecurity-ipob/

Why is this mish-mash of false propaganda in the politics section? This epistle of falsehood should be in the jokes section where it belongs.

The propensity to eternally play the victim is unrivalled in this country. The propensity to call colour white black is unrivalled in this country.
Nnamdi kanu committed crimes against humanity,in particular his own people. He is receiving his just punishment. In fact he is extremely lucky that the erudite judge was lenient and did not impose the maximum penalty of death.

This ref's performance is irritating...consistently falling for the antics of the Morocco players.

Lammens??
What are you doing?

United 0 Brighton 1

Dalot??

And that's all she wrote.
On to the semi finals against the hosts Morocco.

Lots of positivity in the substitutuons by Fletcher.
On to the FA cup against Brighton.

Goal.
C'mon United!!!

Goal.
Game on!!!

Jamiuokolaa:
They are simply pained that their useless idol was booted out unceremoniously.

I would soon create a separate thread for Amorim-se.xuals

Lol.....😁
The institution is what should be supported and not individuals that can come and go...

Jamiuokolaa:
Tuchel would be a decent choice - he has the suitable experience and profile for the job.

Only snag is that i think he could be a bit hot headed and stubborn too.

Wilcox and Berrada might also be more interested in hiring a "controllable head coach" this time around, hence the names i mentioned earlier



100%

I think the present squad is good enough for a CL spot, considering the indifferent form of our rivals

The top teams in the Premier league have been very inconsistent and erratic this season and it is obvious that the first five positions are there for the taking by a sensible football tactician that does not unnecessarily complicate tactics. Football is basically a simple game . In my opinion the present squad as presently constituted may not be perfect but that squad is surely capable of attaining a top 5 finish and getting into the Champions league if the formation is flexible and structured to accommodate the strength of every member of the squad.

If Fletcher or Solskjaer or Carrick or whoever the board chooses to bring in as an interim head coach uses their brain, and does not complicate tactics unnecessarily like Amorim the Champions league is attainable and would steady the ship and also be a foundation for whoever is going to be appointed permanent manager in the summer.

Jamiuokolaa:
Hopefully, he has learnt from whatever mistakes he made in the past.

I expect that he is coming with a bit more experience and should add more value this time around.

My concern is the board's choice at the end of the season.

I can imagine that it would be names like Maresca, Glasner, Southgate etc that would be circulating by then.

God abeg o

@Bolded,
I think they are waiting for Thomas Tuchel to finish his contract with England after the world cup in the sumner. I believe they will take a lot of time before appointing a new permanent manager considering how Ruben Amorim held their fingers in the fire and walked away with a £10 million largese.

On the other hand any logical temporary coach with flexible tactical knowledge should in the interim be able to get the present squad working in a simple formation to attain Champons league football by the end of this season.

Mrviktor:
Sacked

Good riddance to bad rubbish. He was totally out of his depth. He was never a Manchester United manager and should have been sacked after the Europa final loss to Spurs in Bilbao.
Better late than never. Let Fletcher take temporary control till the end of the season while the board looks for a proper replacement. And this time they should take their time to carefully choose a replacement.

Amorim should roll up his sleeves and get to work pending when the job comes to an end. Whether he is the manager or coach of Manchester United is not important. What is important is for Amorim to understand that the board is NOT ready to give him any more money in January to buy new players so that he can play them out of their prefered positions while setting up an 8-1-1 formation against teams like Wolves.
The end is apparently getting near.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaxOoxmUwws?si=xUTXg1n_D2w3Y4vR

gidgiddy:
Kanu was already convicted the minute your Nigeria kidnapped him from Kenya. You think a country will kidnap a person in other to release them?

You think that Maduro has been kidnapped by the USA so that one day, the US courts will set him free?

Your country Nigeria engages in international kidnapping just as the US does, and has no right to condemn the kidnapping of Maduro

Guy,
You wasted all last year writing meaningless propaganda epistles on Nnamdi Kanu,Simon Ekpa and Biafra. This is a new year. Find something positive to do with your spare time.
All these gazillions of propaganda threads to ingest saccharine and make yourself happy cannot remove Kanu from his life imprisonment sentence in Sokoto. It will only give you diabetes. The only thing that can probably mitigate Kanu's jail term is to apply for a properly documented and filed appeal process. The second way to get Kanu out of prison is to swallow your ego and appeal to President Tinubu for clemency.
Apart from these two processes Kanu has the chance of a block of ice in hell of getting out of jail. Know this and know peace.
In the meantime it is your prerogative to continue to write empty and meaningless epistles and threads where you compare apples to oranges. Kanu is the one locked up in the sweltering heat of Sokoto. Who feels it knows it!
Once again,happy new year gidgiddy. Find a constructive venture to embark upon this year.

gidgiddy:
Nnamdi Kanu was illegally abducted from Kenya by the Nigerian government, for whatever reason, and brought to Nigeria to face trial

President Maduro of was illegally abducted from Venezuela by the US government, for whatever reason, and brought to the USA to face trial

If you are one of those who condemns the abduction of Maduro, but support's the abduction Nnamdi Kanu, you are a hypocrite. International kidnapping by governments should be condemned across board.

But bear in mind, Nnamdi Kanu has already gone to court over his abduction. A Kenyan High Court has declared his abduction illegal, and awarded him over N100M.

Maduro is yet to start any legal proceedings

The Nigerian government should has no business condemning the kidnapping of Maduro, they did the same to Nnamdi Kanu

Guy,this is a new year. Try and find a constructive venture to engage in and jettison these endless meaningless epistles you wasted all last year writing because it does not change the fact that Nnamdi Kanu is a convicted terrorist incarcerated for life in a Sokoto solitary prison facility.
Writing about apples and trying to mischievously pass them off as oranges will not save Kanu. Maduro is a president of a sovereign nation,Venezuela whom the United State government accused of trafficking in Fentanyl into their country. Nnamdi Kanu is a terrorist who engaged in treasonous activity against his own country Nigeria. Where is the correlation in the two individuals??

Gidgiddy, what you should be doing when Idle is to constantly and consistently advise Kanu to perfect his appeal process which is time bound by 90 days. Advise him to engage the services of competent lawyers and jettison those two clowns Ejimakor and Okpara who landed him where he currently is.
Remember the appeal is time bound. An improper appeal is also a null and void process. I hope you guys will not commit legal seppuku in this Kanu appeal case and then start opening gazillions of threads on Nairaland.com wailing about injustice and not knowing the law.

Naa just advise I dey give you so.
Happy New Year. 😉

Goal.
Nigeria 3 Uganda 1

3-0
Onyedika
Nigeria 3 Uganda 0

2-0
Onyedika.
Nigeria 2 Uganda 0

Uzoho appears to be more calm and composed than Nwabali in Nigeria's goal post.

Biodun556:
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1D59a4Xojx/
This is what Nigeria Air Force should be doing. Infiltration and internal sabotage crippled Nigerian army against terrorists for a long time.

The only good terrorist is a DEAD one!
Good job by NAF!!!

fergie001:
Festus Keyamo
Aviation Minister

Lol.....😊😊😇😇😆😆😄😄

This is another lamentation epistle filled with false propaganda while playing the victim as usual.

1. Was it the British that made the Ibo sell their people to the Europeans as slaves in order to take up ozo titles?

2. The Aba riots of 1929 have been historically proven to have been carried out by Efik and Ibibio women of Cross River/Akwa Ibom extraction although it took place in Aba however the riots were not conducted by Ibo women.

3. In 1949 Nnamdi Azikiwe started a false narrative at Aba,that Ibos were created specifically to rule and dominate every tribe in Africa. This narrative was aggressively pursued in his newspaper,'The West African Pilot.'
4. During the 1950s constitutional conference in London Chief Awolowo spent a whole day arguing for the inclusion of a REFERENDUM CLAUSE in the Nigeria constitution but was vehemently opposed and upstaged by Nnamdi Azikiwe who was blinded to the future and mischievously believed his own hype that,THE IBO WERE MEANT TO DOMIMATE AND SUBJUGATE ALL TRIBES IN AFRICA.

5. In January 1966,When Azikiwe realised that he held a none executive ceremonial Presidency in his hands he began to instigate Ibo military officers to carry out coup against the government of prime minister Tafawa Balewa. This led to the January 15th 1966 one sided Ibo military coup in which the Ibo officers decimated the military and political class of all other tribes except the Ibo leaders. As such Michael Okpara,Odumegwu Ojukwu and Ignatius Ironsi were spared. Ironsi went on to emerge as the head of State after the coup and mischievously refused to punish or put on trial the Ibo instigators of the one sided coup.

6. It was this same Ignatius Ironsi that promulgated Decree 34 of 1966 that abolished true Regional government in all the four regions and centralised government under a Unitary government. Ironsi was an Ibo man.

7. The false narrative of £20 pounds given to the Ibo after the civil war has been repudiated severally. Before the war broke out in 1967 the Ibo withdrew all their monies in Nigeria banks and some sold off their properties before retreating to Biafra. After their crushing defeat at the end of the was it was a great magnanimous gesture by General Gowon to even give each male £20 to restart life. They were lucky the government of Gowon did not place reparations on them but declared no victor and no vanquished policy.

8. The Ibo also give a false narrative of the number of Ibo casualities of the civil war. The truth is that there were deaths on both sides of the divide and the Biafran's were more genocidal towards the minority tribes in the rebel enclave. Tales of the atrocities carried out by Biafra in Port Harcourt,Calabar and Uyo are legendary but have been deliberately down played by the usual propaganda.

9. The starvation and kwarshiokor propaganda is another false narrative pushed by Biafra when in actual fact that it was Ojukwu's rable army that requisitioned all forms of food for themselves first and left the scraps for the civillian population.

10. In the 2020's, Nnamdi Kanu and Simon Ekpa have waged treason against all Nigerians and got their just punishment.

11. In between all this the Ibo have produced an executive Vice President in Alex Ekwueme in 1979. They have produced NUMEROUS senate Presidents in Okadigbo,Anyim,Enwerem,Wabara,Nnamani and even Orizu in the first Republic.

12. The convicted Ije Ekweremadu served severally as deputy senate president from 2007-2019.

13. In the present government there is Bianca Ojukwu,David Umahi,Nkiru Onyejiocha, and so many others as ministers yet they are never satisfied.

14. This victim hood and eternal wailing is just irritating and exasperating. Reach across to other tribes if you desire the Presidency. On the other hand if you want Biafra it is better that your governors,ministers,representatives and members of State assembles come together to start a process of inserting referendum (which Azikiwe opposed in the 1950s) into the constitution in order to get Biafra you desire. You can't have your cake and eat it!

Question: Mr Obi,how will you solve the problem of insecurity in the country if you become president of Nigeria?

Peter Obi: I was once on a Britsh Airways flight from London and a lady working in Governor Fashola's office was sitting beside me. The lady got up mid flight to use the rest room but immediately came back and told me the toilet was messed up. I proceeded to the toilet and cleaned it up and voila,the lady was able to go back and now use the clean toilet!




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Apparently Dorgu is better playing on the right hand side of the pitch but Amorim insists on playing him on the left. Amorim needs to learn to play to his footballers strengths .

Dorgu is on fire in this game.

Man utd 1 Newcadtle 0
Dorgu.

How this guy obtained a law degree is a marvel. There is no way Nnamdi Kanu can win his appeal with a clownish lawyer like this.
Nnamdi Kanu is imprisoned in a correctional facility in the capital of Sokoto state while the US military precision strikes were on bandits/terrorist enclaves in TANGAZA local government area which is an area that shares a border with Niger Republic and Benin Republic
Two totally different areas of Sokoto state.

Facts!!!

Selling one's offspring into slavery in order to take an Ozo title is just pathetic.
What an enlightening historical article.
Some thing that happen nowadays now makes sense. The ability to do anything for money.

aswani:
Ọ ma, nutin spoil.

They will release Ohamdike and jail President Tinubu for treason able felony as per the crux of your argument.

Lol....😁😁😁
As you already implied,if that guy can't bang his wife,he links it to Nnamdi Kanu being imprisoned. It's just hilarious. I thought gidgiddy was bad but this guy wins the Oscar,hands down. The guys write up and daily lamentations are an amusing and comedic outlet to pass time.