ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The family of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has reacted to the release of their brother, on Thursday.
Kanu had been in detention at the headquarters of the Department of State Services (DSS), since June 2021, when he was renditioned from Kenya.
According to them, Thursday’s judgment of the Appeal Court in Abuja which discharged and acquitted him of the terrorism charge preferred against him by the Federal Government, did not come to them as a surprise.
Speaking on behalf of the family, Kanu’s younger brother, Prince Emmanuel Kanu, said he knew that it would “one day end in praise.”
In his remarks, he said that the judgement is “victory for all” and “victory for the living and the dead”.
He urged the Federal Government to comply with the judgment and release Kanu from detention without any further delays.
According to Kanu’s younger brother: “the ruling didn’t come to us as a surprise because we knew that one day it was going to come to an end.
“It’s a victory to all – not just the family but to the entire Biafra nation and their millions of sympathizers.
“It’s victory for the living and the dead including our parents who passed on in the course of this struggle.
“Nigeria should comply because it’s an order by her own court of competent jurisdiction. It’s also in line with the UN Opinion on Human Rights Commission. So, Nigeria has no excuses to disobey her own court beside the UN Opinion.”