The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu, has disassociated himself from the violence in the southeastern part of the country, saying the violence persists because he is in detention.
He vowed that those behind the violence in the name of being an IPOB member would not be spared.
Kanu spoke immediately the court rose on Tuesday after he was denied bail on Tuesday.
He noted that the violence persisted because he was being held in the custody of DSS. Kanu vowed that if released, there would be peace in the entire South-East.
The IPOB leader said, “Anybody committing crime cannot go free. I swear, Anybody committing crime in the east cannot go free. They are doing it because I am in the DSS (custody). If I were to be outside, nobody could try this . I suspect that some people in government are complicit. They are making money with insecurity.
“They know if Nnamdi Kanu is outside, in two minutes this nonsense will stop. Who is the bagger or idiot that will speak when I am talking? That I will give an order in the East who is the idiot that I will give an order that will counter it? Nobody can. I am Nnamdi Kanu. Rubbish!.
“Anybody involved in any form of violence in the East in the name of IPOB is a goner and they know it. Let me come out of this mess, only two minutes there will be peace in the East.”
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday refused to grant bail to Kanu in the terrorism charges against him.
Justice Binta Nyako declined to grant Kanu bail on the ground that the earlier application he filed had been refused.
The court held that the only option opened to Kanu was to go to the Court of Appeal to challenge the earlier refusal.
The Judge also refused to give unfettered access to just anybody to visit Kanu in custody for security reasons.
