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Over the past few days, I've read several trending news between Governor Soludo and Peter Obi over Anambra state debt records. I came across several hilarious posts and videos made by content creators, especially the hilarious photos below of Governor Soludo 😂 sweating profusely while going through Peter Obi's government records in order to nail him....I wonder how Nigerians always come up with these trendy comedic stuff over serious issues. I've read several comments especially from Peter Obi's supporters and APC operatives attacking each other over Soludo.... In all that has transpired, one thing I find amusing especially from Obi's supporters is the glaring negligence to acknowledge that Peter Obi was one who made the public challenge for his records to be scrutinized. He said that he did not owe debt and if anyone can prove he did that will stop campaigning. No one forced Peter Obi to make this decision so I was not surprised when Anambra government bounced on the challenge to prove him wrong. I do believe that integrity and truth should matter over this issue especially when the person in question (Peter Obi) claims to champion such moral values. So my question is, if Peter Obi had lied over his government past record, why should Soludo cover it? What is wrong with what Soludo's government is doing by providing evidence? Instead of attacking Soludo, is it not proper for Peter Obi's supporters to urge him to present irrefutable evidences in order to silence and humiliate his critics?

I am neither a Peter Obi supporter nor Tinubu or Atiku's supporter but above all the banter, I believe sentiments won't help any of the parties involved, what should matter is the truth..... Did Peter Obi lie over his government not owing any debt or not?

Nnamdi Kanu's eventual freedom will serve as a testament that no man can stop whom "Chineke" has blessed.... It will happen like a joke to all his detractors.....

gidgiddy:
IPOB wasn't a terrorist group. Thats why the EU, Britain and America all said they dont see the group as a terrorist group when they were proscribed

To this day, no other country in the world except Nigeria sees IPOB as a terrorist group, and they are still operating

In a desperate move to get IPOB seen as terrorist, the authorities tried to blame them for any act of violence in the East, even fabricated stories against the group

The authorities forgot one simple thing. If a group are terrorists, you wouldn't even need to fabricate stories or falsely blame them for violence. It would be the group its self announcing they are responsible for the violence. Terrorism is all about using violence to achieve a political goal.

It was all about silencing the voice of Biafra and failed woefully

Are you aware that your shameless government is intentionally foot-dragging Nnamdi Kanu appeal?

Goosethetruth:
Instead of you to appeal the life imprisonment sentence bestowed on your terrorist leader,you are on Nairaland.com writing inane missives.

Or

Better still join your cohorts in opening and writing threads on Peter Obi for Nigeria presidency.

Unfortunately both projects are hurtling down the sloppy path of failure.

Don't worry,after January 2027,life will continue because you must learn a bitter lesson.

IMHO, Nigeria was created by those who own it for exploitation, I know you and many others can't see it now but it won't be long, many will figure out what Nigeria is and then the masses including you will join the igbos you like to mock now to demand for your freedom from Nigeria......

helinues:
If you are referencing to Biafra, it's you people who are no longer interested in the independent country.

The sit at home was for good 2 years strictly in South East without FG getting involved. How do you want your country more than when you can control the affairs of the territory

You know what the IPOB spokesman said is not far from the truth but because you can't refute it, you resort to personal attack, you should be ashamed for supporting injustice...... As you rejoice over what they have done in denying Nnamdi Kanu his rights and freedom, note that this injustice won't end with Nnamdi Kanu, tomorrow it may be you or someone close to you....

Flangelo12:
This one still get mouth?

In my opinion, none of the popular candidates are better because all of them are in support of the continued subjugation of their people through the illusion of "One Nigeria", they are all pushing the same deceptive agenda to rule under a fraudulent 1999 military constitution..... Nigerians are better off pushing for a national referendum than participating in any national election to install any of these political pretenders and deceivers.....

helinues:
Could you please mention that candidate that's better than president Tinubu, don't just mention the name, tell us in what way. Let's see who's chewing hypocrisy raw between you and I

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) led by the prophet of our generation, Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, asks the Nigerian Government and the international community one simple question:

WHERE WAS THE TERRORISM?

On 30 August 2017, the South-East Governors Forum met with Mazi Nnamdi Kanu in Enugu in what then Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State described as a peace meeting. What did Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu demand? He demanded development, economic renewal, justice and respect for the rule of law.

He demanded the reopening and revitalisation of the Igweocha (Port Harcourt), Calabar and Warri seaports; dredging of the River Niger; direct international flights from Europe and the United States into Enugu, Igweocha and Calabar; the completion of 2nd Niger Bridge, upgrading of Owerri Airport into a functional cargo airport; functional railways; reliable electricity; primary healthcare; and the revival of abandoned heavy industries to restore productive capacity and create meaningful employment for the region's young people and graduates. Mazi Nnamdi Kanu publicly confirmed these demands, including the three seaports and river port on River Niger at Onitsha/Asaba. He also demanded respect for court orders, the release of detainees including Sambo Dasuki and Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, and investigations into killings of IPOB members and supporters.
These were demands for productive infrastructure, industrialisation, employment, economic opportunity, justice and lawful governance.

Then came 14 September 2017.
The Nigerian military invaded Onyendu's home at Afaraukwu, Umuahia. The military went there to kill him. It failed. Onyendu survived. And what happened the very next day?

15 SEPTEMBER 2017

On 15 September, Dave Umahi announced that the South-East Governors Forum had proscribed IPOB activities after the military invasion of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu's home the previous day had failed to kill Onyendu.
Yet the very resolution announcing the proscription appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to withdraw the military from the South-East, called for investigations into killings and other unlawful conduct, and urged the people of the South-East to remain law-abiding. This is the beginning of insecurity in the South-East.
So we ask:

WHERE, EXACTLY, WAS THE TERRORISM?

Where was the terrorism between the peace meeting of 30 August and the proscription of IPOB on 15 September? What terrorist activity by IPOB happenned in-between?
Igbo politicians must answer how demanding for seaports, airports, railways, electricity, industrialisation, youth employment and healthcare transformed to terrorism.
Where was the terrorism in demanding justice, obedience to court orders and investigations into killings?
Where was the terrorism that justified invading Onyendu's home?
And where was the evidence that transformed a political movement making these demands into a terrorist organisation?
The chronology becomes even more extraordinary.

On 15 September, the Nigerian military itself categorised IPOB as a terrorist organisation. This is confirmation that Igbo politicians with Dave Umahi at the helm brought death and military terrorism to Igboland because both South-East governors and Nigerian army worked as a team to bring death to Biafraland using proscription of IPOB as a cover.

On 18 September, the then Senate President, Bukola Saraki, publicly declared that both the military's categorisation of IPOB as a terrorist organisation and the South-East Governors' proscription were unconstitutional and did not follow due process.
Saraki was not speaking from a position outside the Nigerian constitutional system. He was the President of the Senate.
The governors' own resolution had simultaneously called for the military to withdraw from the region and for investigations into killings and unlawful conduct.

THIS IS THE QUESTION NIGERIA MUST ANSWER

What happened between 30 August and 15 September 2017?
What transformed a peace meeting into a military invasion?
What transformed demands for economic development and lawful governance into terrorism?
What happened between the demand for seaports, airports, railways, electricity and industrialisation and the decision to deploy soldiers against Onyendu?
What happened between political engagement and proscription?
Show us the evidence.
IPOB does not ask the world to accept a slogan.
We ask the world to examine the record.
Examine the peace meeting.
Examine Onyendu's demands.
Examine the military invasion of his home.
Examine the 15 September proscription.
Examine Saraki's 18 September constitutional objection.
Examine the subsequent court proceedings.
Then answer the question:

WHERE WAS THE TERRORISM BETWEEN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER 2017?

The world deserves an answer.

SHOW US THE EVIDENCE.


COMRADE EMMA POWERFUL MEDIA AND PUBLICITY SECRETARY INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF BIAFRA (IPOB)

Date: 22nd September, 2026.

https://www.facebook.com/mazi.benjamin.madubugwu/posts/press-releasewhere-was-the-terrorism-between-august-and-september-2017by-comrade/1070072252467457/

I am referring to your hypocrisy of condemning candidates who are far better than the candidate you support.....

helinues:
If you are referencing to Biafra, it's you people who are no longer interested in the independent country.

The sit at home was for good 2 years strictly in South East without FG getting involved. How do you want your country more than when you can control the affairs of the territory

I do not support any one who is happy and okay with continued subjugation of his people over a forced union...... The issue I've with you and others here is your glaring hypocrisy....

helinues:
Are you proud of supporting a dullard, a perennial liar who lie at will. Someone who can't even define the duty of the position he's aspiring for not to talk of profer solution to all what he has been condemning

You should be ashamed of yourself for supporting a proven shady criminal character like Tinubu who is far worse in terms of character than Peter Obi to continue as your president in the contraption.... I don't blame you totally because the horrible divisive politics at play which sadly have driven "educated" men like you who should know better in to supporting your oppressors would only get worse as long as Nigeria continues to exist in it's current form.... A country that brings out the worse divisive instinct of any individual who is unfortunate to fall under the deceptive divisive antics of it's evil political leaders.... All retrogressive, extreme hypocrisy, intolerance and destructive tribal sentiments that continues to plague the masses over national issues will end when Nigeria is finally dissolved or totally decentralized.....

HacheNoire:
Peter is very funny and dangerous and that’s why the World Institute of Democracy and Governance has been warning Nigerians not to make a political blunder by voting for Peter Obi.

6 out the 8 financial market projectors have forecasted economic doom of Peter Obi becomes Nigerian President and that should tell any reasonable person that even the financial analyst don’t agree with him and his track records.

I came across the featured thread "Peter Obi And Record Of Public Debt In Anambra - Anambra State Government" detailing how Peter Obi left debt totalling billions for the state after his 8 year tenure as governor. One wonders now whether Peter Obi who has consistently maintained that he left no debt while challenging his critics, will honor his word to drop out of the presidential race or can he prove that Anambra state government lied by providing irrefutable evidence? Personally, I won't be surprised if Peter Obi deceived his followers again over this issue because it is not the first time that Obi has said something and then later reneged on his word especially when you look at what he did to the political party APGA that helped kickstart his political career....


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUlEp1OHRMw

The truth is that any candidate in this election vying for the presidential office who is in support of the status quo of "One Nigeria", the continued imposition of a 1999 military constitution and not in support of a referendum that will guarantee the freedom of all indigenous people through a dissolution or total decentralization of Nigeria does not have the genuine interest of the people at heart..... I've always made the case that Peter Obi can not be trusted, he is no different from the rest who's main motive is to achieve their personal political ambition of becoming president and nothing more.... Nigeria in its current form is a hopeless cause that any politician who claims to be a messiah or seen as a messiah should be calling for it's reset or dissolution through a peaceful national referendum on it's unity. With this exposure by the Anambra state government, if Peter Obi fails to prove otherwise or honor his word of dropping out of the race, many Nigerians still in denial who support the notion that a political messiah can save them in the contraption, will finally be able to see that national elections to install "One Nigeria" political pretenders like Atiku Abubakar, Bola Tinubu or Peter Obi won't bring about the national progress they seek. It is only a matter of time, they will all come to the inevitable conclusion that only a national reset or dissolution through a referendum can free them from the vicious cycle of bad governance, toxic retrogressive divisive union and systemic national injustice.....

You are not far from the truth but these elites are only few set of people compared to millions of Nigerians who are directly affected daily by the continued existence of Nigeria.... IMHO, the truth is, Nigerians are not tired of the deception, destruction and suffering that they continue to endure under the illusory "One Nigeria" sold to them by these selfish greedy political elites..... Many Nigerians prefer to pretend and lie to themselves over the hopeless situation of a forced union, that doing the same thing every 4 years will some how produce a different result....

obailala:
The northern elite is afraid that the free flow of stupendous oil wealth they've enjoyed for over 60 years would be cut off if Nigeria is decentralised. This is the primary reason Nigeria still remains one-country to date. If the oil in the Niger Delta dries up today, give it 3 years and Nigeria will be no more.

Second reason Nigeria still remains is that the south west is scared of offending the north. If the northern elite decide today that it's time to divide Nigeria, the south west would agree to it before the morning.

It is glaring that the British created Nigeria for exploitation, why would you think that they would break it? In my opinion, Nigeria is producing the result they expected when they created it.....

lamentor78:
Everybody should rest, na the British wey gum una together has the power to use the same 🔨 hammer break you into pieces.

You are such a bitter person, which nation are you referring as an independent drug trafficking nation? I've always been in support of referendum to allow all regions decide their future.....It won't be surprising that a referendum may happen in Nigeria and all regions will vote to stay in Nigeria. Personally, I will accept whatever the outcome maybe as long as it is the wish of the people, done in a transparent way..... The injustice of One Nigeria (which is why Nigeria can not make meaningful progress) is when the government continues to impose a forced unity while criminalizing, oppressing, brutalizing and intimidating those calling for a referendum to exercise their right to self-determination....

StreetFight:
There will never ever be an independent drugs trafficking nation in West Africa, never ever.

Meanwhile, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland plan to do Independent Referedum among their citizens. That is the first step towards indpendence. None of the three entities has indpendence yet. Stop decieving yourself.

Thirdly, none of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland picked up armed against the United Kingdom like the drugs traffickers in Nigeria did.

Why are you scared of your own freedom?...
There are several countries that are prosperous without oil and gas. Moreover the oil and gas that Nigeria enjoys belongs to Niger Delta indigenous people who will determine their future in the event of referendum to dissolve Nigeria.....

rossipki:
NO. Nigeria will never let you corner our oil and gas resources in the name of "self-determination".

You tried it before and you failed. So stop dreaming.

Okay?

I came across this featured thread "UK Leaders Sign Agreement To Break The United Kingdom (Video)" in which Scotish leaders came together to declare the intention of their people to break up the United Kingdom, below is an excerpt of the post below...

Scottish, Welsh, Irish parties declare right to break from UK

Leaders of the main Scottish, Northern Irish and Welsh nationalist parties on Monday declared their right to choose whether to remain in the UK or not at a rare meeting in the Welsh capital Cardiff.

All three parties — the Scottish National Party (SNP), Plaid Cymru in Wales and the pro-Irish unity Sinn Fein — want to break away from the UK.

The meeting came just days after US President Donald Trump waded in, saying he would back a united Ireland, which Northern Ireland’s Michelle O’Neill said showed “the unity debate is very much alive”.

“Our nations have the right to self-determination. No Westminster government (the UK government) has the right to block democracy or undermine the principle that our people will decide their own future,” a memorandum of understanding stated.

SNP leader John Swinney, Rhun ap Iorwerth, leader of Plaid Cymru in Wales and Mary Lou McDonald and O’Neill, leader and deputy leader of pro-Irish unity Sinn Fein met in their capacity as party leaders, rather than as officials in their respective governments......

I am forced to ask why can't Nigerians see the root of their problem and do something about it? I've made the argument consistently on several platforms including here on Nairaland that Nigeria in it's current form is a hopeless cause that should be dissolved or decentralized, that Nigerians will be wasting their time and future engaging in another unprogressive electoral process of installing another "One Nigeria" political pretender like Atiku Abubakar, Bola Tinubu or Peter Obi as president when they should be pushing for a national referendum on the country's unity that will lead to a sovereign national conference to reset or dissolve Nigeria.

Everyone knows that there is no genuine unity in Nigeria, as a result of this a section of the country remains perpetually marginalized and denied their right to self-determination, everyone knows that Nigeria runs on a military constitution that have been in existence since 1999, a constitution that should've been dissolved if truly Nigeria was a real democratic country. Everyone knows that the indigenous people within Nigeria did not create Nigeria as it is nothing but a symbol of British colonial conquest and subjugation that shouldn't have ended in 1960 if those that negotiated it's independence had the genuine interest of their people at heart.... As long as Nigeria exists, the masses will continue to suffer as a direct consequence of it's systemic injustice and retrogressiveness. If the Scotish people that enjoy a better country can exercise their right to self-determination by demanding for independence, I see no reason why Nigerians suffering and are worse off under a hopeless British colonial experiment cannot demand for their freedom.....

In conclusion, I will once again reiterate, no matter who wins the 2027 presidential election, no sustainable national progress can be achieved unless a national referendum is done that will lead to a total dissolution or decentralization of Nigeria.....

Are you even aware that apart from convicting under a repealed law, Nigeria violated several other local laws including international law through extraordinary rendition of Nnamdi Kanu.... How you and others are so proud to defend injustice and lawlessness due to tribalism and other sectional sentiments is pathetic.... By posting all you've done here, you may think you are getting at me or Nnamdi Kanu but you are only exposing yourself for the world to see you for who you are.....

FSBoperator:
Kanu has been convicted. He has filed an appeal over his conviction which the Appellate court will assign to the relevant NW division of the court.

Kanu will have to wait his turn as there are no automatic hearings scheduled for criminal convictions besides that that carry sanctions of capital punishment.

You are also still hanging on the stupid argument that Kanu's case was void over the repeal of the 2013 terrorism law despite me schooling you that the 2022 ammended law did not throw away the old law .

Well, I know you are just here to spread your lies and propaganda and to further radicalise naive fellows to your cause.

At the end, all your rants and useless arguments on this issue will not pass beyond NL.

Ask your government to allow Nnamdi Kanu's appeal case to start.... Your argument remains empty as long as the Constitution is concerned.... How does Kanu's case affect other terrorists.... Did the government arraign Kanu's case with other fulani terrorists? The issue here is that you cannot prosecute or convict anyone under a repealed law but your shameless government connived with corrupt judges to do it anyway.... I pointed you to section 1 (3) on the supremacy of the Constitution over your TPPA 2022 which you continue to hug in your futile effort to defend injustice..... I've nothing else to say to you and others except to urge you to tell the government to allow Nnamdi Kanu's appeal trial if truly you are certain about all you are typing here....

FSBoperator:
Truthera, is there any other complaint you wish to bring up so I can clear it for you

A man was sentenced in violation of your constitution and you are here making nonsense excuses.... As I said none of you can withstand the level of injustice done to Nnamdi Kanu. You and FSBoperator can continue to display your ignorance online by trying to superimpose TPPA 2022 over the constitution that is clear and straightforward on this issue. It is glaring that you guys are part of the problem of Nigeria..... Adding fake likes and shares to your comments here won't change the truth for those who genuinely seek it.....

LottiOk:
FSBoperator keeps humiliating u repeatedly on d silly thread u opened. U keep shaming urself trying to deflect with d asinine replies dat d TPPA 2022 act is unconstitutional.

When will u stop deceiving urself dat Des ur illogical drivel will ever get ur Onyedufu KANU his freedom.

Even when u used d same USA u r crying to to illustrate dat no Nation on earth will take 1 tenth of d hate filled incitement KANU committed against Nigeria. U still shamelessly double down with such a lame ass claptrap.

Ifele megbuo gi.

Zuzupuor eba, ozu Nwuru anwu

I will ask you once again, show me a section of your constitution that permits a repealed law to be expanded or extended? You can't, yet you continue to argue ignorantly.... The constitution is clear over this issue, you can not use a repealed law for prosecution or conviction.... It is unconstitutional......

FSBoperator:
Arrant nonsense.

You are simply being academic by trying to invalidate an ammended law duly passed by the National Assembly .

You should first go to the supreme court to argue firstly how the 2020 law contravenes the constitution .


The NASS are the only body empowered by law to make and pass laws and on passing this ammended law, they explicitly provided a caveat that all ongoing proceedings and convictions immediately ongoing before the passage of the new law stand as they are.

The 2022 law already took care of the constitutional provisions guiding criminal prosecutions .

What you quoted is not Nigeria's constitution but the Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) Act 2022, which I told you earlier is not above Nigeria's constitution. Again, take note that the Constitution is supreme....

Section 1 (3) of the Constitution states clearly that if any other law is inconsistent with the provisions of the constitution, the constitution shall prevail, and the other law shall, to the extent of the inconsistency, be void.....

@FSBoperator, once again your argument is empty, TPPA 2022 is not your constitution, stop defending injustice.....

FSBoperator:
Section 98(3) states:

"Any proceeding, prosecution, sentence, judgment, charge or cause of action pending or existing immediately before the commencement of this Act under any of the repealed Acts may be continued or commenced… as if this Act had not been made."

Kanu's prosecution was pending as of 12 May 2022, so Section 98(3) saves it — the trial can continue exactly as if the TPPA 2022 had never been enacted, i.e., under the old TPAA 2013.

Show me a section of your constitution that permits a repealed law to be expanded or extended? Your argument is empty because once a law is repealed it ceases to exist, you can not conjoin it as an extension to another law.... Justice Omotosho did not specify that Nnamdi Kanu was been sentenced on any new law.... Your continued attempt at defending glaring injustice and lawlessness is pathetic......

FSBoperator:
My friend the law was not repealed.

The ammended law simply expanded on the last.

It was not an abrogation as you want it to appear .
Your argument is that the prosecution continued it's case on the old law when it is stared in the new law that all ongoing cases being tried or having been concluded with a conviction still stand .

That is the clause attached to that amended law which you are dubiously ignoring.

I am not sure what you are trying to prove here because you know the Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) Act 2022 can not be greater or above Nigeria's constitution....

It is simple and straightforward, Section 36 (12) of the Constitution states clearly that a person can only be convicted for an offence defined and prescribed by a written law currently in force meaning trials or convictions under a repealed law are unconstitutional.... Take note of the sentence highlighted "currently in force" as there is no ambiguity..... The Terrorism Prevention (Amendment) Act 2013 that was used to arraign and convict Nnamdi Kanu is a repealed law, a non-existant law (No longer in force)....

FSBoperator:
This is the gross ignorance you all keep clinging to.

The ammended law used to convict Kanu did not set aside the original law that Kanu was arraigned for.

The law states clearly that the new amended law will not halt any ongoing proceedings or set aside any convictions of the previous law which the amended terrorism and incitement law had come to replace.

The ammended law only broadened the net and explicitly stated that it upholds the previous tenets of the old law.

The amended terrorism and incitement law did not abrogate the previous law but only expanded it's definition.

Kanu was earlier arraigned on the old ruling which had been replaced by the new law.

The prosecution did not seek to amend the charges before the court because the new law explicitly stated that ongoing cases before a court can proceed on the old law and all previous convictions stand.

If someone is standing trial for raping a minor under ordinary rape charges prior to passage of laws that explicitly adds another severe penalty for raping a minor , does that invalidate the original rape ?

I've read the comments made by you and others in this thread in your futile attempt to whitewash the lawlessness and shame that Nigeria's judiciary has become, none of you in your hypocrisy had the guts to dispute the points made in the post highlighting the judicial anomalies, recklessness and lawlessness that characterized Nnamdi Kanu's unjust trial.... I am certain that all of you commenting here will do far worse in court if any of you were subjected to the same unjust treatments, if any of you were convicted on a non existant law.... You can deceive yourselves with the usual talking points of condemning Nnamdi Kanu but the truth remains that he did not get a fair trial, he was denied justice. I laughed reading how you expect other countries to tell Nigeria how to dispense justice. So Amnesty international and others countries you mentioned must speak out before Nigerian judges know that they have to do the right thing....?

Since Nigeria did not follow due process or obey it's own laws over Nnamdi Kanu's trial, Nigeria lost the argument to detain or imprison him. This is why his continued detention is a violation of his fundamental rights and must be condemned.... Nnamdi Kanu remains innocent of any crime and should be released until such a time the Nigerian government is ready to provide solid evidence and conduct a fair trial to prove him guilty of terrorism....

FSBoperator:
No foreign nation has spoken against Kanu's then ongoing trial and his final conviction.


Even liberal Finland followed up in that conviction and jailed Ekpa .

Amnesty international that like to Cho Cho did not even bother to issue a statement on Kanu's trial and his final conviction.

Even same amnesty international had condemned Ipob as a violent seccesionist group .

So what is lawless about jailing a terrorist like Kanu ?

@nlfmod hope this thread can be featured....

Nnamdi Kanu needs no pardon from anyone to be free as it is his constitutional right... Nigeria broke it's own laws to jail him..... It is a shame you see nothing wrong with the injustice, illegality and lawlessness done to Nnamdi Kanu.... As long as the law exists, if Nigeria wasn't a lawless country, Justice Omotosho and others who were responsible for this illegality should've been prosecuted for Kanu's unjust imprisonment.....

malcom1X:
When Tinubu losses his election. He will pardon Nnamdi Kanu because he believes he will be a problem to the next administration.

Nnamdi Kanu's trial exposed Nigeria as a lawless shameless country masquerading as a democracy..... The judiciary has lost all integrity as judges have no shame in supervising injustice and illegality..... Nnamdi Kanu's freedom is non-negotiable, he will surely get justice at the appointed time...

WHY NIGERIA WILL NEVER LIST THE APPEAL OF MAZI NNAMDI KANU — AND THE BILL OF INDICTMENT AGAINST EVERY COURT THAT MADE THIS FRAUD POSSIBLE

The question is no longer whether Nigeria will defend the conviction of Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The question is why Nigeria has decided it cannot afford to.

The answer: listing this appeal would end the Nigerian bench as a credible institution. Not because IPOB says so.

Because the record says so.

THREE FACTS. NO SPIN.

One — The Federal Government filed nothing. Time expired. No brief. No living section. No defence.

Two — The Court of Appeal will not list the case.

Three — The trial judge convicted under a dead law.

That is not delay. That is not congestion. That is a bench that has read the file, understood what is inside it, and decided the safest course is to never open it.

THE BILL OF INDICTMENT

I. THE COURT OF APPEAL — UNLAWFUL CIVIL STAY, THEN REFUSAL TO LIST

The Court of Appeal discharged Kanu. That discharge was a criminal outcome — a final criminal disposition. The same Court of Appeal then responded not with criminal process, but with a civil stay — a mechanism from an entirely different body of law — and used it to override its own criminal discharge.

Within fourteen days, it constituted a fresh panel. Within fourteen days, it kept a man in custody by applying the wrong law to the wrong proceeding. A civil stay cannot undo a criminal discharge. That is not innovation. That is abuse of process.

Then it got worse. Having unlawfully overridden its own discharge, the same court now refuses to list the appeal arising from the conviction that followed. It created the custody and then locked the courtroom door.

Indictment: The Court of Appeal is implicated in unlawfully overriding a criminal discharge with a civil mechanism — and then shielding the resulting conviction from all review.


II. THE SUPREME COURT — QUASHED COUNTS REVIVED WITHOUT JURISDICTION

Counts were quashed. Quashed means dead. Not dormant. Not suspended. Dead. The Supreme Court revived them anyway — not by ordering fresh charges, not by remanding for retrial, but by breathing life into corpses and sending them back for trial as though they had never been quashed.

A court cannot revive what it has no jurisdiction to revive. Every proceeding that followed is tainted by that original excess.

Indictment: The Supreme Court is implicated in creating a trial with no lawful foundation.

III. THE HIGH COURT — OMOTOSHO'S DEAD-LAW CONVICTION

By the time the case reached Justice Omotosho, the Terrorism Prevention (Amendment) Act 2013 had been repealed.

The living statute was the Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) Act 2022, whose transitional provisions told any honest court what to do: continue the saved proceeding under the corresponding provisions of the 2022 Act.

Omotosho had the living law. He had the transition mechanism. He had the Constitution. He had the Supreme Court in State v. Egigia (2024) LPELR-62009(SC), which holds a repealed law has no legal life.

He stated the rule himself: "No written law, no conviction."

Then he convicted under the dead law.

He did not transition the proceeding. He reached into the grave and dragged out a repealed statute to sustain a conviction. That is not a judge. That is a gravedigger in judicial robes.

Indictment: The High Court is implicated in convicting under a statute that no longer existed, in violation of the Constitution, the Supreme Court's own authority, and the mandatory transition to the TPPA 2022.

IV. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL — FILED NOTHING

The chief law officer of the Federation had one job: defend the conviction or concede it. He did neither. He let time expire. That silence is the only honest document the Federation has produced in this appeal.

Indictment: The AGF is implicated in abandoning a conviction he cannot defend.

WHY THEY WILL NOT LIST IT: BECAUSE THE MAN IS ARGUING HIS OWN CASE

The Nigerian state has one reliable method for killing an appeal: buy the lawyer, or frighten the lawyer. Threaten his practice. Threaten his family. Offer him a bench. Make him understand that diligence will cost him his career. It works. It has always worked.

Mazi Nnamdi Kanu removed that weapon. He is representing himself.

There is no lawyer to threaten. No chambers to squeeze. No promotion to dangle. No silence to purchase.

And so the state is left with the one thing it has never survived: a defendant who knows the law, knows the record, and cannot be bought.

THE BRIEF IS HANDWRITTEN. 115 PAGES. EIGHT ISSUES.

A man in custody, without a law library, without researchers, without the resources the Federation pours into its prosecutors, produced a 115-page appellant brief, handwritten, raising eight issues for determination.
Those eight issues are precise, sequential, and grounded in the Constitution, the Supreme Court's own authority, and the transitional provisions of the TPPA 2022. They are the reason the Court of Appeal will not sit.

Because to hear them is to answer them. And to answer them is to confront the fact that:

The trial judge recited "no written law, no conviction" — then convicted under a repealed law.

He cited the Supreme Court against dead statutes — then used a dead statute anyway.

The TPPA 2022 provided the exact mechanism for transition — and it was deliberately ignored.

A preserved proceeding is not a resurrected statute.

The conviction therefore has no lawful foundation and is a nullity.

If the Court of Appeal answers honestly, the conviction dies. If it answers dishonestly, the bench dies.

THE JUDICIARY IS NOT PROTECTING THE GOVERNMENT. IT IS PROTECTING ITSELF.

This appeal climbs. If the Court of Appeal affirms Omotosho, the Supreme Court must rule on whether a Nigerian judge may convict under a repealed statute — after that same judge quoted the Supreme Court forbidding it.

The Supreme Court already answered in Egigia. To contradict itself now is to destroy its own authority. Not to contradict itself is to collapse the conviction - and every justice who declined to stop it wears the consequence.

REMEMBER THE FOURTEEN DAYS.

Fourteen days to constitute a panel and keep Kanu in custody after the Court of Appeal had already discharged him.

Months of silence now that he asks for a hearing.

Fourteen days to keep him in chains. Endless silence now that he asks for justice.

That contrast is not IPOB's allegation. It is the court's own conduct. When the state needed speed, the judiciary sprinted. When the prisoner needs a hearing, the judiciary vanishes.

TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

Ask Abuja, publicly, every single day:

Why has the Court of Appeal refused to list the appeal?

Why did the Federal Government file nothing before time expired?

Why assemble a panel in fourteen days to keep him in custody, but none to hear his appeal?

And what living Act, and what section, governed the conviction of 20 November 2025?

They have no answers. They answered by filing nothing and hiding the file.

THE CONCLUSION

The Court of Appeal is not saving the government. It is not saving Omotosho. It is not saving the Attorney-General. It is not saving the Chief Justice.

It is delaying the moment when all of them must be judged by the same standard they applied to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.

That moment cannot be delayed forever. The brief exists. The issues exist. The record exists. The dead law exists. The Constitution exists.

And one sentence from Omotosho's own mouth — the sentence he then betrayed — will stand as the verdict on all of them:

NO WRITTEN LAW, NO CONVICTION.

THE GOVERNMENT FILED NOTHING.

THE COURT OF APPEAL USED AN UNLAWFUL CIVIL STAY TO OVERRIDE A CRIMINAL DISCHARGE — THEN REFUSED TO LIST THE APPEAL.

THE SUPREME COURT REVIVED QUASHED COUNTS WITHOUT JURISDICTION.

THE TRIAL JUDGE CONVICTED UNDER A DEAD LAW.

EVERY SUPERIOR COURT OF RECORD IS IMPLICATED.

THE CONVICTION OF ONYENDU MAZI NNAMDI KANU IS VOID. IT IS A NULLITY.

List it. Defend it. Or admit you are afraid to.

Issued by:

ONYEDIKACHI IFEDI ESQ.

10 September 2026

#FreeMaziNnamdiKanu #FreeMaziNnamdiKanuNow

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What you call restructuring reforms under Tinubu's government are cosmetic as it is not people driven.... Any attempt at restructuring that doesn't seek direct consent and opinion of the people either through a referendum or sovereign national conference is nothing but a political gimmick meant to deceive the gullible....

FSBoperator:
And who is stopping you from leaving Nigeria ?

Why not get your legislators to begin the process and see if anyone will stop you.

The issue you fail to understand is that your elite, businessmen and politicians are the number 1 enablers of the current system and just like the hawkish north, will oppose any talk of restructuring.

If you are ready to leave , know that no one will oppose it .

But we know what you want which is to annex the SS and continue your mini Nigeria project.

As per Tinubu, he remains the only executive President to have started reforms towards restructuring.

I am very sure Tinubu will not oppose you leaving Nigeria

I've observed your comments here that you seem to be in support of Tinubu, I guess you posted this here as you want Tinubu to win next year election, you do not want any candidate including Peter Obi to gain any political advantage on this platform. But what will you really gain from keeping Tinubu in power next year? Does he not share the same centrist ideologies you are condemning Obi of exhibiting if not worse through his bad government. In my opinion, the problem here transcends Peter Obi, Tinubu or any other candidate in the upcoming election, the problem is Nigeria as an entity.... The continued futile push for an unworkable union and it's dire consequences that have destroyed so many lives and continues to destroy many more daily..... A vicious cycle that only benefits a few powerful political elites and their friends against the majority who they manipulate daily to keep the illusion of nationhood going.... It is a pathetic hopeless situation that many Nigerians are yet to even realize that they have been deceived into accepting....

FSBoperator:
Your Giringori has said that he sees nothing wrong with the current system and has described the 1999 constitution as being perfect.

He was videoed during the last election campaigns promising a gathering of northern elders and politicians in Kaduna city at Arewa House that if elected he will preserve the 1999 constitution as it is and will oppose any call to restructure Nigeria back to true federalism as per fiscal autonomy for states


Your Obi is the last politician like most of those from the SE who will ever think of restructuring Nigeria.

If anything, Giringori prefers a more centralised system as can be seen in how he refused to conduct LG elections throughout his tenure and was only compelled to do so after a Supreme court ruling ordered him to conduct elections on the last year of his adminstration.

Throughout that 7 plus years as governor, no elected local govt officials for Anambra and he was the one handpicking caretaker chairmen and controlling the allocations for all LGAs in Anambra.

Obi is the very last politician from the south that will ever think of restructuring.

I came across the thread "Peter Obi Reacts To Blocking Of Access Road By Political Thugs In Benue (vid)" featured in the home page....I was not surprised over this event because I've on several threads made it clear that if Peter Obi genuinely want to help Nigerians he should be pushing for a national referendum that will bring about the dissolution or total decentralization of economic and political powers...... Peter Obi's cry for help today in Benue is only a tip of the iceberg, a prelude for what is to come should he continue to push his futile quest for igbo presidency agenda on a nation where a large section of the country have vowed never to allow his tribe to ever become president. Peter Obi should prepare for more blockades, injustice and political sabotage because that is what Nigeria the contraption represents.... I know as long as 2027 presidential election is concerned, there is nothing that will say here to Obi's supporters regarding the glaring defeat that awaits Peter Obi if he contest against Tinubu and his one-party state but eventually everything will become clearer to Peter Obi and his supporters by next year.... Nigeria's terrible situation is far gone for any chance of sustainable national progress or good governance to be achieved via participating in rigged,divisive scripted manipulated presidential elections.... This is why all who truly desire a better future should not be deceived by the recycled lies of desperate politcians but instead push for a national reset that will dissolve the 1999 constitution to allow for referendum on Nigeria's unity towards regional autonomy or outright dissolution.... I believe Peter Obi knows quite well the hopelessness and retrogressiveness of the continued existence of Nigeria in it's current form but chose to push the "One Nigeria" mantra just so he can somehow become the president of the contraption.... I hope just like 2023 presidential election, he is prepared as an igbo man for the painful lessons that he will learn from the systemic injustice of Nigeria, when all is said and done.....

The day ordinary Nigerians who are the victims of this political conspiracy eventually come to the full realization of the root cause of their national problems, the damage done to them by the continued imposition of a fraudulent military document as constitution, a document they didn't consent to or provide any input into it's creation, that will be the day of salvation for the masses as they will finally come to terms to the bare truth that they are not in a real country but prison built to ensure they fight themselves while the prison owners cart away their resources and future....