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NEWS: See What Nigerian Govt Owes Nnamdi From Court Judgments – IPOB
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has said the Nigerian government owes its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, a total of N9.5 billion damages from unapppealed court judgments.
Spokesman of the group, Emma Powerful, disclosed this in a clarification issued by the 4th administration of the IPOB Directorate of State, DOS, on Thursday.
The group highlighted what it described as the unassailable record of Kanu’s Special Counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, noting that the clarification was a direct response to sustained misinformation by agents deployed by the Nigerian state to prosecute the demarketing agenda against Kanu.
According to IPOB, Ejimakor has scored a series of landmark victories at both domestic and international levels in the pursuit of justice and Kanu’s freedom.
However, IPOB expressed regrets that the judgments secured in Kanu’s favour by Ejimakor were disobeyed by the Nigerian government.
“These judgments were brazenly disobeyed by the Nigerian state. All remain subsisting and unoverturned. The Federal Republic of Nigeria, the DSS, the Nigerian Army, and the South-East Governors’ Forum stand thoroughly defeated in multiple courts and cumulatively owe Mazi Nnamdi Kanu a whopping ₦9.5 billion in damages.
“None of these judgments was appealed by the Nigerian Government. No other lawyer who previously represented our leader and IPOB has ever attained this level of success,” IPOB said.
It listed the subsisting judgments won by Kanu and IPOB against the Nigerian Government with Ejimakor’s direct input as follows:
“January 2022 – Abia State High Court, Umuahia: The first victory declaring that MNK did not jump bail, arising from the September 2017 military invasion of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s ancestral home during Operation Python Dance (in which 28 persons were killed). The court awarded ₦1 billion in damages, ordered an apology, and recommended a political solution.
“October 2022 – Federal High Court, Umuahia Division: The first High Court declaration that MNK is a victim of unlawful Extraordinary Rendition. The court awarded ₦500 million damages, declared his detention illegal, ordered the Federal Government to restore him to pre-rendition status, apologize, and stop his prosecution. The extraordinary rendition argument that won the acquittal-equivalent discharge of 13 October 2022 was crafted by Barrister Aloy Ejimakor and no other – a fact our leader Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has confirmed on numerous occasions during visitation.
“October 2023 – State High Court, Enugu declared the 2017 proscription of IPOB as a terrorist group unconstitutional, ordered the South-East Governors’ Forum and Federal Government to pay ₦8 billion compensation to MNK/IPOB, and affirmed that self-determination is not a crime. This remains a landmark victory against the illegal proscription of our movement. These domestic triumphs alone establish an unpayable debt of ₦9.5 billion and a record of total legal defeat for the Nigerian state on these core issues.”
It added that Ejimakor successfully engaged the African Union Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (March 2018 Decision) which condemned the arrest/trial of Kanu and IPOB members, the proscription of IPOB, and Operation Python Dance as violations of the African Charter to which Nigeria is a signatory. The Commission directed late President Muhammadu Buhari to stop further arrests and prosecutions and to reverse the proscription.
IPOB added that Ejimakor also drove multiple United Nations interventions, I coughing the 2017–2018 Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Detentions ruling against Nigeria’s mistreatment of IPOB and Python Dance; the July 2022 United Nations Human Rights Council extraordinary rendition victory directing MNK’s release and compensation while declaring IPOB’s activity as self-determination and not crime.
It noted that Ejimakor was also involved in the October 2022 additional UN Special Rapporteur findings confirming arbitrary detention and rendition; and the May 2021 UN Special Rapporteur decision declaring the proscription of IPOB as discrimination against Igbo people and a violation of the UN Charter.
These interventions collectively made it impossible for the Nigerian government to convince foreign countries to tag IPOB a terrorist organisation, the group said.
IPOB also listed the June 2025 Kenya High Court declaration that Kanu’s abduction and forcible rendition were unlawful and unconstitutional.
“Barrister Aloy Ejimakor successfully litigated the Operation Python Dance invasion of our leader’s home where 28 people were killed. He successfully litigated the extraordinary rendition of Onyendu and secured declaratory judgments mandating restoration to pre-rendition status. He successfully engaged the African Union and United Nations, rendering Nigeria’s terrorist tag on IPOB a global non-starter. He won the landmark victory against the illegal proscription of IPOB,” the group stressed.
IPOB declared that no other attorney, either living or dead, has won more landmark cases in the service of Kanu and IPOB than Ejimakor, adding the coordinated and sponsored campaign of calumny against the group and those who serve it under Kanu has been defeated..…For more, Complete your reading.
Members of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, loyal to the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, have taken over the secretariat of the party in Oyo State.
The secretariat, located in the Molete area of Ibadan, was in the custody of the faction loyal to Governor Seyi Makinde of the state until Thursday when the members loyal to Wike took over the premises.
DAILY POST gathered that the PDP members stormed the secretariat on Thursday and occupied the premises with hundreds of members of the party in attendance.
PDP chairman in the state, Professor Abdulrahman Akinoso, confirmed the development to DAILY POST.
Akinoso in a telephone conversation with DAILY POST on Thursday, insisted that the real owners have taken over the premises.
He said, “It is true. It is not faction. It is PDP. We have taken over the premises. It was in the morning. We were there in the morning. We just left the premises. We are now in control. We have taken over the premises.” .…For more, Complete your reading.
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has told President Bola Tinubu that foreign recognition will not secure him another term in office, insisting that Nigerians will judge his administration by its performance, not by diplomatic gestures from other world leaders.
In a statement issued on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, the opposition party reacted to the Presidency’s celebration of a purported letter from United States President Donald Trump to Tinubu.
The ADC said presenting the letter as an endorsement of Tinubu’s administration was misleading, stressing that diplomatic correspondence between world leaders is a normal part of international relations.
“The Presidency’s attempt to present President Donald Trump’s letter to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as though it were a referendum on the state of the nation is not correct,” the party said.
According to the ADC, countries cooperate, leaders exchange views and letters regularly, adding that such communication does not amount to an endorsement of a government’s performance.
The party accused the Tinubu administration of being desperate for international validation instead of focusing on solving Nigeria’s challenges.
“It is apparent that this administration is desperate to seize upon any gesture of international recognition as proof of success at home,” the statement said.
The ADC maintained that “a letter from a foreign president, however well-intentioned, cannot substitute for the verdict of the Nigerian people.”
It added that the true measure of any government is not what foreign leaders say about it, but what citizens experience daily.
The opposition party argued that Trump’s letter had not changed the reality facing millions of Nigerians, especially those affected by insecurity.
“For the millions of Nigerians still living with the consequences of this government’s failures, President Trump’s communication changes nothing. It did not say that insecurity has been overcome or that Nigerians can once again travel freely, farm safely and sleep without fear,” the party stated.
The ADC also pointed to the continued captivity of hundreds of women and children in parts of Borno State and Kaiama in Kwara State, while many communities in Benue and other parts of the country still live in constant fear because of insecurity.
The party further noted that, despite the Presidency’s celebration of the letter, the United States Department of State has not changed its travel advisory for Nigeria.
According to the ADC, several Nigerian states remain under Level 3 and Level 4 travel advisories, with American citizens still being urged to reconsider or avoid travel because of crime, terrorism, kidnapping and civil unrest.
“We therefore wonder how correspondence from a government that designates several Nigerian states as ‘Do Not Travel’ areas can be regarded as an endorsement,” the party said.
It argued that the travel advisory shows the international assessment of Nigeria’s security situation remains different from the image the Presidency is trying to project.
The ADC said Nigerians are more concerned about their safety than diplomatic exchanges between presidents.
“The daily reality of Nigerians is shaped not by diplomatic correspondence, but by the guarantee that they can go about their lives without falling victim to violent crime or terrorism,” it said.
The party stressed that Trump’s letter was simply communication between two presidents and “does not amount to an endorsement of this government’s overall performance.”
It urged the Tinubu administration to focus less on celebrating diplomatic courtesies and more on delivering measurable improvements in the lives of Nigerians.
“Ultimately, Nigerians will not judge this government by the letters it receives from foreign capitals. They will judge it by whether .…For more, Complete your reading.
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