Nnamdi Kanu, Leader of Indigenous People
of Biafra (IPOB) and Director of Radio Biafra, has saluted all Biafrans in the
struggle for the independence of Biafra for their sacrifices, urging them not
to relent but to keep the flag of Biafra flying.
Making this known was his lawyer,
Barrister Vincent Egechukwu Obetta, who spent more than two hours with the
Biafran leader at the Directorate of State Security (DSS) office in Abuja,
yesterday.
In an exclusive interview he had with Biafra
Media Forum last night, Obetta said the Biafran leader was in high spirit in
readiness for his court appearance on Monday, January 18, 2016. “He is in high
spirit, he is okay, and he is in good spirit. You know like I keep telling you
I am not a lawyer who will see something green and say it is white. As far as I
am concerned, my client is healthy, he is in good spirit, and he sent his
goodwill to all of you” he said.
Obetta also spoke on the news making the
rounds that a new lawyer has been retained to take over the case, and explained
that no such thing took place. He said it was the work of his detractors who
wanted to distract him from the assignment, just to make him fail. He however promised
Biafrans that he has resolved to remain focused on the job and not distracted.
“When I came in this case no lawyer was
courageous enough to come out. But now that we have demystified the case and
popularized Biafra, people want to shunt in. but my eyes are on the ball, especially
when the world is telling me that I am doing well”.
He added: “As far as the Director, Nnamdi
Kanu; the Deputy Director, Uche Mefor, have not withdrawn their retainer-ship,
I am not moved. As far as the father of Nnamdi Kanu, who by all standards is a
first class Igwe in Igboland is satisfied with me, I don’t have any reason to
take my eyes off the ball”.
He said that Nnamdi Kanu had never been
sick contrary to speculation in the social media. He also said that Kanu was
not being tortured, and that he was not sleeping on bare floor. He wondered why
some people would go to that extent in distorting truth. However, he urged
Biafrans to continue to pray for Kanu because, according to him, their prayers
had been working wonders and sustaining him in so many ways.
His words: “I want to thank everybody, and
I want to enjoin the prayer band to continue to pray for the Director Nnamdi
Kanu, it is their prayer that made him not to fall sick since the 14th of
October that he was arrested. It was their prayers that kept him in the spirit
I saw him today. It is their prayers that made him to keep his own eyes on the
ball. It is their prayers that have sustained him and I want them to continue.”
Obetta also urged Biafrans to pray for him
as well so that God will continue to endow him with all the wisdom needed in
handling the case.
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