By PAMELA EBOH, Awka

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has reiterated its demand for the resignation of Justice Binta Nyako, saying that she is already compromised because of Federal Government's influence aimed at jailing its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.

IPOB in a statement by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, and made available to News Express on Saturday said that it will never allow the Federal Government to use its leader as a bait to entice Justice Binta Nyako to carry out their ugly agenda.

The statement partly reads: “Mazi Nnamdi Kanu cannot be sacrificed to save the corrupt and treasury looters, Nyako Father and Son team.

“Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has not committed any offence known to law. His only offence is that he is championing Biafra’s self-determination movement.

"If Justice Binta Nyako succumbs to the Fulani government's pressure and jails Mazi Nnamdi, she will still be eliminated by the same government to cover it up so that it can not be traced back to them.

"Therefore, Justice Binta Nyako should save her life and that of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu by stepping down from the case.

"She must understand that Mazi Nnamdi KANU belongs to every South Easterner and they don't want to see anything ugly happen to him. The calamity that will befall the country will be better imagined.

The group called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and BINTA Nyako to save the country by releasing Kanu.

IPOB added: "We urge all Western countries and human right organisations like Amnesty International, Human rights Watch, Inter Society organisation and other reputable human right organisations to prevail on the Federal Government of Nigeria headed by Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and BINTA Nyako, the High court justice to save their judicial system in Nigeria.

"The Buhari Government and the former Attorney General, Abubakar Malami used Justice Binta Nyako to keep Mazi Nnamdi Kanu's case ongoing perpetually. Also the current government of Bola Ahamed Tinubu and his AGF Lateef Fagbemi has continued blackmailing Justice Binta Nyako with her husband and son's cases at EFCC.

"Justice Binta Nyako is human and will certainly do anything to save her husband and son from serving a prolonged jail sentence. IPOB understands the precarious situation Justice Binta Nyako has found herself in. That is why we demand that she steps down from Mazi Nnamdi Kanu's case.

"IPOB is calling Binta Nyako to step down from Mazi Nnamdi Kanu's case. She should avoid plunging Nigeria into an unimaginable crisis.

“She must redeem herself from this case or posterity will never be kind to her and her generation. She should save herself from the mess that her husband has put her in by stepping down.”

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