I do not need to beg FG to release me. It is an ins¥lt — Nnamadi Kanu

The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, says it is an ins¥lt to beg the federal government for his release from detention.

Kanu said a court of appeal verdict delivered on October 13, 2022, cleared him of all charges filed by the federal government.

In a statement released by Ifeanyi Ejiofor, Kanu’s counsel, the IPOB leader asked his lawyers to educate his followers on the judgment of the court appeal.

“There is no charge pending against Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu before any court as of today.

Furthermore, Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu unequivocally stated that begging the federal government to release him at this point is an ins¥lt to the memory of the late Pa Mbazulike Amaechi, who despite his age and #ll-health, repeatedly travelled from the south-east to Abuja to beg the Federal Government of Nigeria to honour his dying wish.

The request was treated with greatest disd@in by the federal government and was also not honoured.

Thus, Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is of the firm view that he does not need to beg the FGN to release him.

The Court of Appeal has already made a pronouncement in that regard and that pronouncement has remained sacr@sanct till date,” the statement read.

On April 8, 2022, Binta Nyako, a federal high court judge in Abuja, struck out eight of the 15 counts in the charge filed against Kanu by the federal government.

The remaining seven counts were later quashed by the court of appeal on October 13, 2022.

On October 28, 2022, the court of appeal granted a stay of execution on its verdict which discharged Kanu of terr@r#smcharges.