In an attempt to ensure the release of Nnamdi Kanu, thousands of
pro-Biafra agitators took to the streets in Aba, the Abia state capital. The protest held on Wednesday,
November 18, was to demand the release of Kanu, the Radio Biafra boss. At Abia
state’s most commercial city, over 2,000 people carried placards with slogans
such as “Biafra or death”.
They were seen
waving the Biafran flag and some tearing and trampling on the Nigerian flag. Some
sang freedom songs and carried the outlawed Biafran pound currency. Ikechukwu
Ugwuoha, spokesman for IPOB said: “Getting our leader out of
detention is our immediate concern, but ultimately we want to be free from
Nigeria.”
Nnamdi Kanu, founder of the Indigenous People of
Biafra (IPOB) has been in custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) since
Saturday, October 17. An Abuja chief magistrates court sitting at Wuse Zone 2,
ordered the DSS to produce the detained IPOB leader.
The federal government trial set for Wednesday,
November 18, was stalled due toNnamdi’s absence.
Thus, the court
ordered that the Biafran leader must be made available before it on Monday,
November 23. Meanwhile, a group of angered northern youths have condemned the
agitations staged in the southeast. According to Vanguard, the group known as
the Arewa Youth Forum (AYF), said it was irresponsible and unwise to push for
the division of this great country. The AYF warned those behind the “criminal agitation” to stop it and allow Nigeria to
remain peaceful and united.