IPOB calls on members to occupy Abuja on Feb 2 for leaders’ trial

Ripples Nigeria

The proscribed Igbo separatist group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has called on its members, especially those in the Federal Capital Territory and the Northern states, to occupy and flood Abuja and the premises of the Federal High Court on Wednesday, February 2, 2022, as the treasonable felony trial of four of their leaders commences.

In a statement on Saturday urging its members to prepare to come out in their numbers to support the “gentlemen of the movement,” spokesman of IPOB, Emma Powerful, said the call became necessary so as to drum up support for their leaders who would be put on trial that day.

According to Powerful, the charges preferred against the four leaders of the group are frivolous and empty and therefore, would not stand in a competent court, but still urged members to show solidarity with them.

“We want to inform all Biafrans that the following gentlemen of our movement, Mazi Chidebere Onwudiwe, Mazi David Nwawuishi, Mazi Bright Ishinwa Chimezie and Mazi Benjamin Madubugwu, will be in court over the frivolous and empty charges preferred against them by the Federal Government of Nigeria on February 2, 2022.

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