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<\/figure>\nThe Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has praised the \u201cbrilliant, fact-based and legally devastating arguments presented today (Friday, July 18) in open court by Chief Kanu Agabi SAN, in defence of Nnamdi Kanu.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n The pro-Biafra group, in a statement by its Directorate of Legal Affairs, Research and Global Communications, has, however,\u00a0 condemned what it called \u201cthe calculated and cowardly silence of the Nigerian press\u201d on Agabi\u2019s submission.<\/p>\n Reviewing today\u2019s proceedings in the federal high court, Abuja in the treason trial of Nnamdi Kanu, the detained IPOB leader, the IPOB lamented that \u201cwhile Agabi\u2019s submission, anchored on the glaring lack of evidence, due process violations, and fundamental constitutional protections, laid bare the hollowness of the federal government\u2019s case, the media instead chose to regurgitate sensational and unfounded propaganda spewed by the prosecution,\u201d insisting that \u201cthis is not journalism (but) complicity in injustice.\u201d<\/p>\n In the statement signed by Onyedikachi Ifedi, Esq, for its Directorate of Legal Affairs, Research and Global Communications, IPOB raised some \u201cfundamental\u201d questions which, the group alleged, journalists refused to ask, including, among others:<\/p>\n Where is the list of the over 170 security officers the prosecution claimed were killed as a result of Mazi Kanu\u2019s broadcasts?<\/p>\n Who or where are the families of these alleged victims and why did they not testify in court?<\/p>\n Which individual has claimed, under oath, that they were goaded into committing violence as a result of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu\u2019s broadcasts?<\/p>\n Who issued the unsigned, unauthenticated death certificates the DSS tried to smuggle into evidence?<\/p>\n Where is the forensic pathologist or investigator linking any death to IPOB or Mazi Kanu?<\/p>\n Noting that no such forensic pathologist or investigator linking any death to IPOB or Mazi Kanu exists, nor did even \u201cone person testify in court that their loved one was killed due to Mazi Kanu,\u201d IPOB lampooned the FG for building its case against Kanu \u201con fabrication (and) hearsay, anonymous security memos, and doctored DSS exhibits.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAnd yet the press remains mute,\u201d the self-determination group sneered. \u201cAgabi spoke first, why did the press hear only Awomolo? Chief Kanu Agabi, SAN, former Attorney General of the Federation, addressed the court first today. His submission was clear, authoritative and rooted in law and reason. He exposed the government\u2019s case for what it is: empty noise. Why then did the media houses all pretend that only the prosecution spoke?\u201d<\/p>\n IPOB highlighted the salient points in Agabi\u2019s fundamental rights arguments, wondering why the media seemingly turned a deaf ear to the senior lawyer\u2019s \u201cunassailable\u201d arguments.<\/p>\n According to the IPOB, Agabi marshalled several compelling arguments putting a lie to the FG\u2019s claims against Nnamdi Kanu.<\/p>\n Among such arguments are that: I) Self-determination is not a crime \u201cInstead, the media gave uncritical oxygen to laughable claims that because Mazi Kanu said \u2018the world will stand still,\u2019 Nigeria must imprison him,\u201d the pro-Biafra self-determination group chided. \u201cSince when did hyperbole become terrorism? If so, when will government officials who have made similar or worse threats be charged?\u201d<\/p>\n Warning that the agitation for Biafra persists because of \u201csuch shameless media bias as in this Kanu case,\u201d IPOB described the reportage of its leader\u2019s court trial as \u201cnot only irresponsible but also dangerous,\u201d agonizing that the injustice of the media trial that has driven the Nnamdi Kanu saga in the past 10 years or thereabout \u201cproves what IPOB has long maintained: that Nigeria is a place where truth is suppressed, and injustice is not only normalised but celebrated.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThis is why the people of Biafra seek to leave a system that tramples on justice, mocks due process and deploys its media as a weapon of political warfare,\u201d the group stressed.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen courts become theatres of spectacle, and the press becomes a ministry of propaganda, the people will look elsewhere for justice. That is what is happening.<\/p>\n \u201cWe dare every media house in Nigeria to publish verbatim what Kanu Agabi, SAN, told the court today.<\/p>\n \u201cWe challenge you to report that all five prosecution witnesses were DSS agents, that none of them tendered direct evidence of violence caused by Mazi Kanu. That no victim, no investigator, no family member, no forensic expert testified in support of the government\u2019s claims.<\/p>\n \u201cYou claim to report facts. Then do it. Publish Agabi\u2019s submission in full.<\/p>\n \u201cLet the world take note: what is happening in Abuja is not a fair trial, but a trial by media distortion and government fiction.<\/p>\n \u201cWe remind all Nigerians and the international community: well-scripted propaganda cannot replace facts, evidence, or the rule of law. The federal government\u2019s case against Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is legally unsustainable, morally bankrupt, and politically vindictive.<\/p>\n \u201cLet the media do their job\u2014or history will remember them as enablers of tyranny.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
II)No Nigerian law criminalizes calling for Biafra
III) Free speech, even harsh or fiery speech, is not terrorism IV) No evidence links Mazi Kanu\u2019s utterances to violence V) No lawful investigation was conducted under the Terrorism Prevention Act.<\/p>\n
That the \u201cevidence\u201d they submitted consisted of unsigned, unauthenticated documents.<\/p>\n