Apex Igbo socio-political organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has urged Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State to caution Finland-based Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa, over his sit-at-home orders.
Alex Ogbonnia, the spokesman of Ohanaeze, said Umahi and Ekpa’s hometown leaders should call him to order.
The recent killings and destruction in the Southeast have been linked to Ekpa.
Recently, he ordered a five-day sit-at-home across the Southeast.
Condemning the sit-at-home, Ogbonnia wondered if Ekpa was a villain or a hero in the Southeast.
The body urged Ekpa’s community leaders to rein in on the agitator against his youthful exuberance.
Ohanaeze said it’s incomprehensible and irreconcilable for Ekpa to order sit-at-home in the Southeast.
A statement by Ogbonnia reads: “Ohanaeze wonders how somebody that proclaims himself a leader will neither seek the opinion nor weigh the aspirations and political barometer of his people before going gaga.
“We, therefore, pose a question to Mr. Ekpa, as to whether he is a hero or a villain?
“The President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Ambassador Prof. George Obiozor, and indeed, all well-meaning sons and daughters of Igbo land, with all sense of responsibility, hereby call on the Regent of Umueziaka community, the home of Mr. Simon Ekpa; the Chairman of Ohaukwu Local Government Area, Hon. Ikechukwu Odono; the member representing Ohaukwu South in the State Assembly, Hon. Chinedu Onah; member for Ohaukwu and Ebonyi Federal Constituency, Hon. Chukwuma Nwazunku; the Senator for Ebonyi North, Sen. Dr. Sam Ominyi Egwu, and the governor of Ebonyi State, Engr. Dave Umahi to rein in Mr. Simon Ekpa and compel him to desist from his unreflective youthful exuberance.”
‘A Case Before A Supreme Court Cannot Be Tried By Lower Court,’ Nnamdi Kanu’s Lawyer Reiterates
Aloy Ejimakor, thelLeader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu’s special counsel, has said that Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court could not proceed with the separatist leader’s trial because the case is already before the Supreme Court.
Ejimakor made this statement in reaction to Kanu’s absence before Nyako at an Abuja court on Monday, November 14, 2022.
Vanguard earlier reported that the Federal Government’s lawyer said the IPOB leader had refused to appear in court despite being informed, but his lead lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, argued that they heard about the case on social media.
“My lord, I understand that the defendant declined to come to court today. As at last week, the defendant was intimated of this sitting and he did not object.
“However, when I called the office this morning, I was informed that the defendant woke up and declined to come to court. All entreaties and pleas were made but he refused to come to court,” the government’s lawyer told the court.
Ozekhome who is leading Kanu’s defence team, told the court that FG’s allegation was strange to him.
“My lord, this is totally strange to me because this is a person that has never hidden his intention to always be in court. In fact, even in processes we filed at both the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court, the defendant said he would want to be present in court for hearing of all the matters,”
In his own reactive statement made available to Vanguard, Ejimakor said the two previous verdicts of the appellate court and Federal High Court in Umuahia, Abia state were barriers to today’s ruling.
Kanu’s lawyer said what happened today in Abuja was expected because the two rulings had made his client’s case to be pending before the country’s apex court.
“(Here’s) my reaction to today’s Federal High Court, Abuja ruling declining further trial of Nnamdi Kanu. The ruling today by Justice Binta of Federal High Court Abuja was not unexpected.
“There is absolutely no way she can proceed with the trial of Nnamdi Kanu in view of the jurisdictional barriers created by the Judgments of Court of Appeal and that of the Federal High Court, Umuahia.
“To cap it all, the matter is also pending before the Supreme Court on appeal. No trial court can proceed with any trial that is burdened by these triple factors,” Ejimakor said.
Source: Daily Post
