The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has decried the seeming flagrant disregard of court orders by the Federal Government, stressing that a sustained attitude of disdain to the rule of law by the Federal Government will foster lawlessness among the populace.
The spokesman for IPOB, Emma Powerful, made the assertion while speaking on the continued incarceration of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the IPOB.
“The courts of the land has granted Nnamdi Kanu bail, but the Federal Government is still detaining him. In the same way, the court granted Dasuki bail but Buhari thinks he should not be bailed because according to him, his offence is ‘grievous’, thus making himself the judge and jury in his own case,” Powerful said.
He also made veiled references to Femi Fani Kayode, who is still being detained after he had met bail conditions and Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, the President of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), an Igbo son, who has been held is DSS detention facility for more than 25 days without being charged.
He also accused the FG of not telling the public Ugochinenyere’s crime.
Commenting on the injunction obtained by the Federal Government to stop the NLC strike, Powerful said, “That is an underhand, black market injunction. If the judiciary knows what it stands for, it should not be entertaining any government case or application, what more granting them such doubtful injunctions. Why would it even grant audience to the government that hold the courts in contempt?
“However, it must be noted that if the FG continues to refuse to obey court orders, it would be gradually but surely enthroning lawlessness at every level in Nigeria.”
He added that, “Where there is no law, anarchy sets in. The FG, with the present spate of impunity, is setting the stage for anarchy in the country and in the light of the foregoing, the NLC or any other group is not obligated to obey such injunctions as recently obtained by the Federal Government.”
