•Convicted IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu
Following the conviction and and life jail sentence handed the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, Igbo women have said the country seem to have a different set of laws applicable only to the South-East region.
Recall that yesterday, trial Justice James Omotosho, in his judgment, found Kanu guilty on all seven-count terrorism charges the federal government slammed against him.
According to the women, on the platform of Igbo Women Assembly, IWA, the judgment was not based on any fair logic.
IWA National President, Lolo Nneka Chimezie, said it appeared that the “judgment had been written even before the trial started.”
Lolo Chimezie, who was present at the court, expressed solidarity with Kanu, insisting that Kanu is innocent of the charge preferred against him.
“This is unacceptable, and we are kicking against the injustices that are being meted out on Igbo people.
“It is as if the Nigerian government from 2014 to 2019 created a different law for the Igbos. The law they apply to the Igbos is not the same as the law they apply to other Nigerians, which has played out today (yesterday).
“The real terrorists are being rehabilitated and put back into the military, while they cannot even negotiate with IPOB, which is harmless in its demands. And their demands are legitimate.”
Also, the Igbo Community Association, Abuja, condemned Kanu’s conviction, stressing that he was not allowed to defend himself before the judgment.
President General of the Igbo community Association, Engr. Ikenna Ellis-Ezenekwe, said: “The judiciary may have decided on its own to unravel the painstaking peace achieved in the South East by its singular act of declaring Kanu guilty without affording him the opportunity to defend himself.
“The Igbo community in Abuja is saddened and disappointed by this ruling.
“We call on the spirit of patriotism and on patriotic Nigerians to rise and speak up against the continued detention of Kanu.”
