Nnamdi Kanu's co-defendant has made
a special plea to the federal government
on the agitation for Biafra
- Benjamin Madubugwu called for peace
and an end to the killings of many
Nigerians over the Biafra agitation
- He said the Indigenous People of Biafra
are only calling for a referendum and not
war
A co-defendant in the trial of the leader of
the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB),
Nnamdi Kanu, has reiterated the group's
call for a referendum for the secession of
Biafra.
Benjamin Madubugwu who is currently
being remanded in Kuje Prison alongside
two others - David Nwawuisi and
Chidiebere Onwudiwe - said the group is
only focused on getting a referendum to
achieve it dream.
He said: " What we are seeking for is peace,
enough killing, millions have died - 67 to 70;
people are still dying.
"Why are we killing ourselves?
Benjamin Madubugwu called for peace and an
end to the killings of many Nigerians over the
Biafra agitation.
"God created us in this geographical
position in Africa.; he created us like Biafra,
like Arewa, like Oduduwa; if we are not
going to live together, why don't we give
ourselves the opportunity to live as good
neighbours?
"Instead of being enemies, what is the need?
We are only asking for referendum, not for
war.
Madubugwu said the Indigenous People of
Biafra are only calling for a referendum and
not war.
"Referendum is not war, it is a right under
the international law which Nigeria is
signatory to this law, why don't we do this
thing in peace," he concluded.
the co-
defendants in the criminal trial of Nnamdi
Kanu were brought into the court by
operatives of Nigeria Prison Service.
The trio however were in the dock in the
absence of their leader who has since been
declared missing by his family and lawyer
after a Nigerian army raid in his
residence.
The court which sat on Tuesday, October
17, urged the sureties of Kanu to either
produce him in court, forfeit their bail
bond of N100 million each or make an
application asking the court to give them
time to produce the IPOB leader.
The order by the court followed an
application by the Senator representing
Abia South, Enyinnaya Abaribe, asking the
court for a discharge as Nnamdi Kanu's
surety.
Abaribe said the activities of the Nigerian
army in an invasion of Kanu's residence
are matters of the state's secret.
Abaribe said this secrecy is incapable of
being unravelled by him.