I will Resist Any Arrest From Nigeria Government Because I'm Not A Nigerian - Nnamdi kanu

Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of
Biafra (IPOB), says he will not allow the Federal
Government arrest him in the United Kingdom as he
has planned to challenge the order in the United
Kingdom.

The IPOB leader also tackled the federal government
over his prosecution, insisting he is innocent of the
accusations against him.

A federal high court in Abuja had revoked the bail
granted Kanu in 2017, after his continued absence in
court.

Binta Nyako, justice of the court, also issued an
arrest warrant against the IPOB leader, citing the
continued absence of the IPOB leader in court.
Kanu, who is facing trial alongside other Biafran
activists for alleged treason, had gone into hiding
months after his bail only to reappear in Israel after
one year. He then moved to the UK.

Speaking during a broadcast on Radio Biafra, a
recording of which was obtained by TheCable on
Saturday, Kanu said he has instructed his lawyers to
challenge the arrest warrant in a UK court.

“The revocation of my bail will never ever hold;
they can never convict us because we have done
nothing wrong,” he said.

“Every move they make, every decision they take, I
will challenge. I have instructed my lawyers, we will
challenge in a competent court of law here in Britain
where law actually works. I am waiting for them.

“Any day you instruct INTERPOL, that day I will take
it up in court and they must answer because here is
a civilised country.

“First, I am not a Nigerian citizen. Your bail
revocation will never ever work. Anybody interested
in revoking my bail would have asked the army what
they were doing in my place.”

The IPOB leader said the cause for a sovereign state
of Biafra is not a crime, and that the group — which
has already been banned and tagged a terrorist
organisation — will continue to advocate for its
cause.

“They have not even defined the crime they said I
have committed. There is no crime in Nigeria called
secession; secession is not a crime in Nigeria or
anywhere in the world. Only armed rebellion is a
crime, not self determination,” said Kanu.

“If you are out to demoralise us, you will never ever
succeed. We will continue to agitate; we continue to
move forward because we are IPOB; we don’t relent
and can never ever relent. Which crime did Nnamdi
Kanu and his co-defendants commit? Somebody
should name it. Secession is not a crime.”