A former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, has countered Peter Obi over his statement regarding the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.
The Labour Party (LP) flagbearer during the 2023 presidential election, Obi had over the weekend called on the Federal Government to release Kanu.
The former governor of Anambra State touched on the continued detention of Kanu, calling on the government to obey the court by releasing the detained IPOB leader.
“I don’t see any reason for his continued detention, especially as the courts have granted him bail. Government must obey the court,” Obi said.
“Rule of law is an intricate asset that we must cherish and live with. I use this opportunity to plead with the government to ensure that all those who are in similar conditions are released and discussed.
“We are in a democracy and we should not be doing things that are arbitrary and not within the law.”
Omokri in a post on his X handle on Monday reacted to Obi’s statement, saying that there Is no subsisting Court judgement ordering Kanu’s release.
“Peter Obi lied. There is no subsisting court order ordering Nnamdi Kanu’s release from DSS custody,” Omokri said.
“The comparison that Obidients make between Nnamdi Kanu and Sunday Adeyemo, AKA Igboho, is propaganda. Their cases are not the same.
“Contrary to Peter Obi’s claims, in a unanimous ruling on December 15, 2023, the Supreme Court ruled that Nnamdi Kanu had a case to answer for treason.
“After that, on May 20, 2024, the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja ruled that Nnamdi Kanu should be denied bail.
“If Peter Obi or any of his Obidients can show a subsequent court order made countering the Supreme Court’s judgement of Friday, December 15, 2023, or the Federal High Court’s order on Monday, May 20, 2024, I will pay the first person to produce that judgement $10,000.”
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Omokri said failing that, Obi is counselled to stop spreading IPOB propaganda that a subsisting court judgement ordered the release of Kanu.
The former aide to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan said the difference between Sunday Igboho and Kanu is that whereas the latter made public broadcasts instructing his supporters to kill officers and men of Nigeria’s military and paramilitary forces, and thereafter, unknown gunmen suspected to be IPOB members did kill over one hundred security personnel in the Southeast, the former did no such thing.
“Sunday Igboho was declared wanted by the Buhari administration for the act of waging a militia war against Nigerian herders of Fulani background in parts of Oyo State on the accusation that they were behind the spate of kidnappings for ransom in the area,” Omokri added.
“The Nigerian Government did not free Sunday Igboho. A Beninoise court freed him and was then further protected by the ECOWAS court. He and Nnamdi Kanu are not in the same class.”
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