Nnamdi Kanu IPOB leaderThe embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has vowed that he will end the insecurity in the South East in two minutes if released from detention and said some government officials are responsible for the unrest in the region.
Kanu spoke shortly after he was denied bail by Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja on Tuesday.
Kanu said he is confident that as a free man, he will be able to convince the restive youths in the South-East to drop their weapons and give peace a chance.
Kanu said, “I suspect that some people in government are making money out of insecurity in the South East; they know that once Nnamdi Kanu is outside, in two minutes, this nonsense will stop.
“Anybody involved in any form of violence in the South-East in the name of IPOB, let me come out of this nonsense, this mess, only two minutes, I guarantee you, and there will be peace in the South-East,” the Biafran agitator said.
Earlier, Justice Binta Nyako had declined Kanu’s application for bail.
The judge, however, ordered an accelerated hearing of the case involving Kanu, who is facing charges bordering on terrorism and treasonable felony.
Kanu, who was brought to the court on Tuesday, has been in the custody of the Department of State Services, DSS, since his arrest in June 2021.
Delivering the ruling, Justice Nyako held that the court would only grant an accelerated hearing in the matter and ordered the prosecution to call its first witness.
The embattled IPOB leader has been in the custody of the DSS since his forced extradition from Kenya in June 2021, and is facing charges bordering on treasonable felony.
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