Kanu’s trial: Four-day lockdown looms in South-east

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The IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, is to appear in court on May 18, for the continuation of his trial.

There are indications that residents of Nigeria’s South-east will, again, be forced to stay at home from Monday as two factions of outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra declared a lockdown across the region.

The separatist group had, during the detention of Mr Kanu in July, 2021, announced Simon Ekpa as the director of the group’s pirate radio channel, Radio Biafra, to replace the detained IPOB leader in the station. Despite its suspension, residents of the five South-east states – Enugu, Ebonyi, Imo, Abia and Anambra – have been observing Monday’s sit-at-home order, mostly out of fear.Gunmen have lately attacked some residents, motorists and commuters in the region for stepping out of their homes on Monday and other days declared as lockdown.Mr Kanu is to appear in court on Wednesday, May 18, for the continuation of his trial, according to Ifeanyi Ejiofor, the lawyer to the IPOB leader.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

 

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They should free this man , can't buhari swallow his pride and let him go since he's buhari prisoner .....

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