Lawyers to detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, say he is open to negotiations with the Federal Government.

The lawyers who, addressed a press briefing in Abuja on Friday, said such negotiations could only take place after he is released from incarceration where he had been for over a year..

According to them, it is impossible for just one individual to commit treasonable felony as Mr Kanu is accused by the Federal Government.

The lawyers, Mr Amobi Nzelu and Ifeanyi Ejiofor, made it clear that he was not part of the bargaining chip of neither the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) nor the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), who have both said he should be released, as part of their own negotiations with the federal government.

“Mend has no implied, direct or express authority of Nnamdi Kanu to represent him or IPOB in any purported negotiation going on between mend and the federal government,” the lawyers stated.

The self-acclaimed leader of the IPOB and two others are standing trial before a Federal High Court in Abuja on a six-count charge of treasonable felony, managing unlawful society and concealing goods.

At the last hearing, the lead prosecution counsel was absent in court, and the case was adjourned to September 26 – 29, 2016. (Channels TV)

•Photo shows detained IPOB Leader Nnamdi Kanu.

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