Nigeria’s Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed has said that none of the collaborators in Kanu’s case , irrespective of their standing in the society, will be spared.
“They will all face the full wrath of the law for their activities that challenge our nation’s sovereignty and threaten its unity. No one, no matter how highly placed, is bigger than the country.” he declared.
Lai Mohammed who was addressing a news conference in Abuja following the arrest and arraignment of IPOB leader,, Nnamdi Kalu said that the forensic investigation carried out so far had revealed a treasure trove of information on the proscribed IPOB leader and his collaborators.
He said it was interesting to know that many are suddenly calling for a fair trial for Kanu as if he didn’t get one before he decided to jump bail and flee.
However, the Minister assured Nigerians that the fair deal that Kanu denied many of the victims of the violence which he willfully instigated through his broadcasts and tweets will not be denied him.
” It will interest Nigerians to know that for over two years, our security and intelligence agencies were on the trail of the proscribed IPOB leader as he lived a five-star life across several countries, travelling on chartered private jets, living in luxury apartments and turning out in designing clothes and shoes. Of course, as we all saw, he was wearing an attire made by Fendi, a luxury Italian fashion brand, when he was arrested”, the Minister reminds.
Lai commended the professionalism, diligence, patriotism and painstaking efforts of the security and intelligence agencies and also the sister international agencies that collaborated with Nigeria to pull off the arrest.
Kanu is facing an 11-count charge of treason,treasonable felony, terrorism and illegal possession of firearms, among others.
He jumped bail in 2017 and left the country. .
On Tuesday, Kanu was re-arraigned in court and ordered to be remanded in the custody of the DSS, while the case was adjourned till July 26-27, 2021
