IPOB Family Manchester

09/13/2026

PRESS STATEMENT
BY ONYEDIKACHI IFEDI ESQ.

12th September 2026

WHY NIGERIA WILL NEVER LIST THE APPEAL OF MAZI NNAMDI KANU — AND THE BILL OF INDICTMENT AGAINST EVERY COURT THAT MADE THIS FRAUD POSSIBLE

The question is no longer whether Nigeria will defend the conviction of Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The question is why Nigeria has decided it cannot afford to.

The answer: listing this appeal would end the Nigerian bench as a credible institution. Not because IPOB says so.

Because the record says so.

THREE FACTS. NO SPIN.

One — The Federal Government filed nothing. Time expired. No brief. No living section. No defence.

Two — The Court of Appeal will not list the case.

Three — The trial judge convicted under a dead law.

That is not delay. That is not congestion. That is a bench that has read the file, understood what is inside it, and decided the safest course is to never open it.

THE BILL OF INDICTMENT
I. THE COURT OF APPEAL — UNLAWFUL CIVIL STAY, THEN REFUSAL TO LIST

The Court of Appeal discharged Kanu. That discharge was a criminal outcome — a final criminal disposition. The same Court of Appeal then responded not with criminal process, but with a civil stay — a mechanism from an entirely different body of law — and used it to override its own criminal discharge.

Within fourteen days, it constituted a fresh panel. Within fourteen days, it kept a man in custody by applying the wrong law to the wrong proceeding. A civil stay cannot undo a criminal discharge. That is not innovation. That is abuse of process.

Then it got worse. Having unlawfully overridden its own discharge, the same court now refuses to list the appeal arising from the conviction that followed. It created the custody and then locked the courtroom door.

Indictment: The Court of Appeal is implicated in unlawfully overriding a criminal discharge with a civil mechanism — and then shielding the resulting conviction from all review.

II. THE SUPREME COURT — QUASHED COUNTS REVIVED WITHOUT JURISDICTION

Counts were quashed. Quashed means dead. Not dormant. Not suspended. Dead. The Supreme Court revived them anyway — not by ordering fresh charges, not by remanding for retrial, but by breathing life into corpses and sending them back for trial as though they had never been quashed.

A court cannot revive what it has no jurisdiction to revive. Every proceeding that followed is tainted by that original excess.

Indictment: The Supreme Court is implicated in creating a trial with no lawful foundation.

III. THE HIGH COURT — OMOTOSHO'S DEAD-LAW CONVICTION

By the time the case reached Justice Omotosho, the Terrorism Prevention (Amendment) Act 2013 had been repealed.

The living statute was the Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) Act 2022, whose transitional provisions told any honest court what to do: continue the saved proceeding under the corresponding provisions of the 2022 Act.

Omotosho had the living law. He had the transition mechanism. He had the Constitution. He had the Supreme Court in State v. Egigia (2024) LPELR-62009(SC), which holds a repealed law has no legal life.

He stated the rule himself: "No written law, no conviction."

Then he convicted under the dead law.
He did not transition the proceeding. He reached into the grave and dragged out a repealed statute to sustain a conviction. That is not a judge. That is a gravedigger in judicial robes.

Indictment: The High Court is implicated in convicting under a statute that no longer existed, in violation of the Constitution, the Supreme Court's own authority, and the mandatory transition to the TPPA 2022.

IV. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL — FILED NOTHING

The chief law officer of the Federation had one job: defend the conviction or concede it. He did neither. He let time expire. That silence is the only honest document the Federation has produced in this appeal.

Indictment: The AGF is implicated in abandoning a conviction he cannot defend.

WHY THEY WILL NOT LIST IT: BECAUSE THE MAN IS ARGUING HIS OWN CASE

The Nigerian state has one reliable method for killing an appeal: buy the lawyer, or frighten the lawyer. Threaten his practice. Threaten his family. Offer him a bench. Make him understand that diligence will cost him his career. It works. It has always worked.

Mazi Nnamdi Kanu removed that weapon. He is representing himself.

There is no lawyer to threaten. No chambers to squeeze. No promotion to dangle. No silence to purchase.

And so the state is left with the one thing it has never survived: a defendant who knows the law, knows the record, and cannot be bought.

THE BRIEF IS HANDWRITTEN. 115 PAGES. EIGHT ISSUES.

A man in custody, without a law library, without researchers, without the resources the Federation pours into its prosecutors, produced a 115-page appellant brief, handwritten, raising eight issues for determination.

Those eight issues are precise, sequential, and grounded in the Constitution, the Supreme Court's own authority, and the transitional provisions of the TPPA 2022. They are the reason the Court of Appeal will not sit.

Because to hear them is to answer them. And to answer them is to confront the fact that:

The trial judge recited "no written law, no conviction" — then convicted under a repealed law.

He cited the Supreme Court against dead statutes — then used a dead statute anyway.

The TPPA 2022 provided the exact mechanism for transition — and it was deliberately ignored.

A preserved proceeding is not a resurrected statute.

The conviction therefore has no lawful foundation and is a nullity.

If the Court of Appeal answers honestly, the conviction dies. If it answers dishonestly, the bench dies.

THE JUDICIARY IS NOT PROTECTING THE GOVERNMENT. IT IS PROTECTING ITSELF.

This appeal climbs. If the Court of Appeal affirms Omotosho, the Supreme Court must rule on whether a Nigerian judge may convict under a repealed statute — after that same judge quoted the Supreme Court forbidding it.

The Supreme Court already answered in Egigia. To contradict itself now is to destroy its own authority. Not to contradict itself is to collapse the conviction — and every justice who declined to stop it wears the consequence.

REMEMBER THE FOURTEEN DAYS.

Fourteen days to constitute a panel and keep Kanu in custody after the Court of Appeal had already discharged him.
Months of silence now that he asks for a hearing.

Fourteen days to keep him in chains. Endless silence now that he asks for justice.

That contrast is not IPOB's allegation. It is the court's own conduct. When the state needed speed, the judiciary sprinted. When the prisoner needs a hearing, the judiciary vanishes.

TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

Ask Abuja, publicly, every single day:

Why has the Court of Appeal refused to list the appeal?

Why did the Federal Government file nothing before time expired?

Why assemble a panel in fourteen days to keep him in custody, but none to hear his appeal?

And what living Act, and what section, governed the conviction of 20 November 2025?

They have no answers. They answered by filing nothing and hiding the file.

THE CONCLUSION

The Court of Appeal is not saving the government. It is not saving Omotosho. It is not saving the Attorney-General. It is not saving the Chief Justice.

It is delaying the moment when all of them must be judged by the same standard they applied to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.

That moment cannot be delayed forever. The brief exists. The issues exist. The record exists. The dead law exists. The Constitution exists.

And one sentence from Omotosho's own mouth — the sentence he then betrayed — will stand as the verdict on all of them:

NO WRITTEN LAW, NO CONVICTION.
THE GOVERNMENT FILED NOTHING.

THE COURT OF APPEAL USED AN UNLAWFUL CIVIL STAY TO OVERRIDE A CRIMINAL DISCHARGE — THEN REFUSED TO LIST THE APPEAL.

THE SUPREME COURT REVIVED QUASHED COUNTS WITHOUT JURISDICTION.

THE TRIAL JUDGE CONVICTED UNDER A DEAD LAW.

EVERY SUPERIOR COURT OF RECORD IS IMPLICATED.

THE CONVICTION OF ONYENDU MAZI NNAMDI KANU IS VOID. IT IS A NULLITY.

List it. Defend it. Or admit you are afraid to.

Issued by:

ONYEDIKACHI IFEDI ESQ.
10 September 2026

The Biafran Vanguard
The Voice of the People of Biafra

08/29/2026

08/29/2026

IPOB GLOBAL BROADCAST: TODAY IS THE DAY

To all global coordinators, supporters, and the unshakeable grassroots base of the Biafran movement worldwide:

Tonight, Saturday, 29th August 2026, at 7 PM Biafraland time, we are gathering under the direct authority of our Leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, for a critical Worldwide Fundraising Event for Welfare, Legal, and Medical Support.

Our struggle for self-determination is being fought on multiple fronts. While our Leader stands strong, our brave brothers, sisters, and prisoners of conscience require our collective, unwavering backing. Providing them with medical care, strong legal defense, and welfare support is not just a duty—it is a sacred, moral obligation for every true lover of freedom.

We cannot afford indifference. True solidarity is measured by our actions when our people need us most. We call upon all global supporters, human rights advocates, and every dedicated Biafran to join our leadership live tonight on Zoom. Let us stand completely unified, demonstrating to the world that we protect our own and will never abandon those on the frontline.

Event Details:👇👇👇

Date: Tonight, 29th August 2026

Time: 7 PM Biafraland Time

Zoom Meeting ID: 854 5579 1460

Passcode: FUND2026

Note: All official account and payment details are available on the attached event flyer.



Signed,

Mazi Solomon Egbo
Deputy Head of Directorate of State (DHODS)
Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)
Under the Direct Leadership of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu

08/05/2026

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08/05/2026

Weekly Brief By Mazi Chris Nwogu, The Head of Directorate of State (HDOS) of IPOB Under Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.

08/05/2026

PRESS STATEMENT: 5th August 2026

Issued by: Prince Emmanuel Kanu
On behalf of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, detained at Sokoto Correctional Centre, Sokoto State, Nigeria
PRESS STATEMENT: 5th August 2026

The Okwu-Kanu Family hereby issues this urgent press statement to expose the systematic harassment of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s independent physicians by the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN)—harassment that continues even though the core medical issues are sub judice and pending before the Court of Appeal.

The DSS Mismanaged Mazi Kanu’s Health and Now Seeks to Punish the Physicians Who Intervened

While in DSS custody, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s health was systematically neglected and mismanaged.

According to the independent medical team, state-appointed doctors allowed his potassium levels to fall to a life-threatening 1.9 mmol/L—a level capable of triggering cardiac arrest and sudden death. His hypertension remained poorly controlled, his kidney function deteriorated to established renal impairment, and serious cardiac abnormalities—including Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction and Cardiac Septal Hypertrophy—went untreated.

When Emeritus Professor Dr. Martin Aghaji and his independent medical team finally gained access, they found a man on the brink of collapse. Through their professional intervention, his potassium level rose from 2.1 to 2.9 mmol/L—still below safe levels, but a clear demonstration of genuine medical progress. Episodes of nosebleeds, fainting, light-headedness and swollen feet ceased. His headaches subsided to an occasional level.

The DSS did not save Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s life. His personal physicians did. Their intervention, in the family’s view, prevented what had become an imminent risk of catastrophic medical deterioration.

Instead of being commended for this intervention, these physicians are now being harassed, intimidated and persecuted by the very agency whose medical management, according to the family, had left Mazi Kanu in a life-threatening condition. The DSS lodged a complaint against Professor Aghaji with the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN), alleging “unethical practices” for adjusting medications which the independent medical team considered clinically necessary.

This is the cruel irony: the DSS mismanaged his health to the point of near-death, and now seeks to punish the doctors who rescued him.

The Purported Medical Report and the Sub Judice Matter:

On 26 September 2025, the Federal High Court ordered the President of the Nigerian Medical Association to constitute an investigative panel to examine Mazi Kanu’s health status.

A purported medical report dated prior to that order—and not sanctioned by the NMA—has been relied upon in ways that, in the family’s view, misrepresented his true condition. The matter concerning the court-ordered examination of 26 September 2025 is now before the Court of Appeal and is strictly sub judice. Mazi Kanu is not seeking to re-litigate that issue in the petition. He is seeking only to stop the continuing harassment of his physicians and to secure access to independent medical care under the exclusive custody of the Nigerian Correctional Service.

The Abduction of Professor Martin Aghaji:

Emeritus Professor Dr. Martin Aghaji, the globally respected cardiothoracic surgeon who independently documented the truth about Mazi Kanu’s health, was abducted in the dead of night by armed men believed to be DSS operatives. He was first flown to Abuja, then to Lagos, and held for two harrowing nights before being released.

This abduction, the family alleges, occurred after Mazi Kanu was no longer in DSS custody. Professor Aghaji was targeted, the family maintains, for the simple act of telling the truth about his patient’s condition and for intervening to prevent further deterioration.

The MDCN Summons Against Dr. Charles Ndukwu:

The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria has formally summoned Dr. Charles Ndukwu, another member of Mazi Kanu’s independent medical team, to appear before its Investigation Panel. This is no longer an isolated action against one physician. It is a coordinated campaign, in the family’s view, to silence every doctor who documented the truth and provided the care the DSS failed to provide.

These Matters Are Sub Judice:

The controversy surrounding the medical examinations of September 2025 is pending before the Court of Appeal. The continuing harassment of Professor Aghaji and Dr. Ndukwu raises serious concerns that independent medical witnesses may be intimidated and that evidence relevant to the pending appeal may be compromised.

The Family Demands:

Immediate cessation of all harassment, intimidation and legal persecution of Professor Martin Aghaji, Dr. Charles Ndukwu, and every member of Mazi Kanu’s independent medical team;
Withdrawal of the MDCN summons issued to Dr. Charles Ndukwu and suspension of all proceedings against Professor Aghaji;

A full and transparent investigation into the alleged falsification of medical records during DSS custody;

An official explanation from the DSS regarding the abduction and detention of Professor Aghaji, which the family alleges occurred without legal authority and after Mazi Kanu had left DSS custody;

A public statement from the MDCN affirming that no doctor shall be penalised for providing independent, evidence-based medical care to any patient, regardless of custodial status;

Unrestricted and private access for Mazi Nnamdi Kanu to his chosen physicians under the exclusive jurisdiction of the Nigerian Correctional Service;

Immediate assumption by the Nigerian Correctional Service of full legal responsibility for his healthcare in accordance with the Nigerian Correctional Service Act, 2019 and the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Mandela Rules).

International Notification:

Copies of the formal petition have been transmitted to the governments of the United States, the United Kingdom and the State of Israel, as well as to relevant Nigerian institutions and international human-rights organisations. The alleged abduction of a physician and the systematic suppression of independent medical evidence raise serious concerns under international human-rights standards, including the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Mandela Rules) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

The Okwu-Kanu Family calls on the Nigerian authorities to respect the principle of sub judice and to cease all extra-judicial harassment of medical practitioners who have simply discharged their professional duty.

The targeting of physicians who documented the truth and intervened to prevent further deterioration is, in the family’s view, an assault on the integrity of the medical profession and on the rule of law itself.

The DSS did not save Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s life. His personal physicians did. And for that, they are being punished.

We urge the media, the Nigerian public and the international community to take note of these grave concerns and to insist on full accountability.

Signed:
Prince Emmanuel Kanu
On behalf of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and the Okwu-Kanu Family

For media enquiries, please contact authorised family spokespersons only.

07/31/2026

Mazi Chris Nwogu, The of The 4th Administrative of

07/31/2026

PRESS STATEMENT

𝐒𝐨𝐤𝐨𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐬 𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐳𝐢 𝐍𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐝𝐢 𝐊𝐚𝐧𝐮'𝐬 𝐏𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐥—𝐇𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐎𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫

The Kanu Family Urges All Well-Meaning Persons to Respect the Legal Strategy and Not Undermine the Appeal

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The Kanu family has observed persistent calls—both public and private—urging Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, to accept relocation from Sokoto Custodial Centre to Abuja, outside the judicial process. We consider it necessary to clarify the family's position and to caution against any course of action that could undermine the pending appeal before the Court of Appeal.

Mazi Nnamdi Kanu Is Appearing Pro Se Before the Court of Appeal
It is a matter of public record that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is appearing pro se (in person) before the Court of Appeal in the pending appeal against his conviction. He has demonstrated an extraordinary grasp of the legal issues, having personally argued and briefed multiple jurisdictional grounds that his legal team believes are among the most potent ever raised in a Nigerian criminal appeal.

Appearing pro se imposes a heightened duty on the court to ensure that his rights are protected and that he is not taken advantage of by the prosecution. It also means that any course of action that could be construed as abandoning a ground of appeal—such as voluntarily leaving Sokoto Custodial Centre—would be particularly damaging to his case. The Kanu family is committed to ensuring that his pro se status does not result in any inadvertent waiver of his constitutional rights.

The Sokoto Sentencing Is a Live Issue in the Pending Appeal
On 20 November 2025, Justice J.K. Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, convicted Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and sentenced him to life imprisonment. At page 118 of the judgment, the trial judge made a finding that our son "hates the North with a passion," and thereafter ordered that he serve his sentence at the Sokoto Custodial Centre—the seat of the Caliphate, the heart of the geographical North.

The legal team submits that the sequence of findings and orders gives rise to a compelling appearance of bias, and that this issue has been squarely placed before the Court of Appeal as a ground for setting aside the conviction. The Sokoto sentencing is not a mere administrative detail; it is a substantive ground of appeal that the legal team contends constitutes significant evidence in support of the appeal on judicial bias and fair hearing.

The Sokoto Sentencing Is a Crucial Plank of the Appeal
The law is well settled:

· Kenon v. Tekam—bias vitiates proceedings even without proof of actual prejudice; the appearance of bias is sufficient to nullify a trial.
· LPDC v. Fawehinmi—justice must not only be done but must be seen to be done.
· Alake v. State—where a judge imports facts not in evidence and bases a decision on them, he descends into the arena.
· Madu v. State—a conviction founded on facts not charged is a nullity.

The legal team contends that the Sokoto sentencing, standing alone and certainly when considered together with the other fourteen independent grounds of appeal, warrants setting aside the conviction. This issue has been fully briefed and is now awaiting determination by the Court of Appeal. Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, appearing pro se, has personally argued these issues and will not allow any course of action that could undermine them.

The Matter Is Sub Judice—It Must Be Decided by the Court of Appeal
The sentencing to Sokoto Custodial Centre is a live issue in the appeal currently pending before the Court of Appeal. It has been argued, briefed, and is awaiting judicial determination. The Court of Appeal is the proper forum to decide whether the Sokoto sentencing was lawful, whether it constituted bias, and whether it should be quashed.

Any voluntary relocation outside the judicial process could be argued by the Respondent as an abandonment of this ground of appeal. The legal team considers it prudent not to create that risk. The appeal must be allowed to run its full course, and the Sokoto sentencing—which the legal team believes is the most visible manifestation of bias in the entire trial—must be adjudicated by the Court of Appeal.

Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, appearing pro se, has invested considerable time and legal reasoning in preparing the appeal. The Kanu family will not allow that effort to be undermined by extra-judicial interventions.

The Motion Was Litigated, and the Court Declined to Vary the Sentencing
It is a matter of record that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, brought a motion before Justice Omotosho seeking to vary or rescind the Sokoto sentencing. The court declined to hear the motion on its merits, instead insisting that the government be put on notice. That was done. The government was duly served.

Justice Omotosho then declined to allow Mazi Nnamdi Kanu to attend the hearing, instead appointing Legal Aid Counsel to represent him. The appointed counsel withdrew, and the motion was subsequently struck out. The judicial process was not exhausted because the court itself obstructed it. That obstruction, too, will be argued on appeal. Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has done everything within his power to challenge the Sokoto sentencing through the courts.

This Is a Legal Matter for the Nigerian Courts—Not Executive or Diplomatic Intervention
We are aware that British consular staff have engaged Mazi Nnamdi Kanu regarding a possible intervention to move him to Abuja. He rejected that offer—and he was right to do so.

The present issue concerns a matter pending before the Nigerian courts. Any change to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu's place of custody should occur through lawful judicial process rather than executive or diplomatic intervention. The legal team considers it essential that this matter be resolved by the Court of Appeal, where the legal issues have been fully argued, rather than through extra-judicial means that could undermine the pending appeal.

Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, appearing pro se, has made it clear that he will not accept any intervention that bypasses the judicial process. He respects the courts and expects the courts to respect the law. The Court of Appeal will decide; no one else.

A Word of Caution to Those Urging Relocation
We understand the concern—Sokoto is not Abuja. It is distant, unfamiliar, and its symbolism is deeply troubling. But the symbolism is not a problem to be escaped; it is a legal issue to be adjudicated by the Court of Appeal.

Some supporters and even persons close to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu have publicly advocated a course which, in the considered opinion of the legal team, risks undermining the pending appeal. The Kanu family respectfully urges all well-meaning persons to desist from any action or advocacy that could compromise the legal strategy, which has been carefully developed over many months and which the legal team believes is the surest path to securing his freedom.

Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, appearing pro se, has demonstrated that he understands the law far better than those urging him to abandon his appellate rights. He will not be swayed by sentiment, social media banter, or well-meaning but legally misinformed advice.

Final Word: The Courts Will Decide
Mazi Nnamdi Kanu understands—as his legal team understands—that the Sokoto sentencing is a core issue of demonstrable bias in the pending appeal. He will leave Sokoto but with a valid court order. He will not abandon his appeal. He will not surrender a ground of appeal that the legal team believes is one of the most significant in the record.

The Court of Appeal will decide the law. Mazi Nnamdi Kanu will obey the law. But he will not allow emotion, social media pressure, or diplomatic interference to dictate his legal strategy.

The legal team believes that the Sokoto sentencing order will prove to be one of the most significant issues in the pending appeal.

FOR THE RECORD

● Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is appearing pro se before the Court of Appeal and has personally briefed and argued the appeal.
● The Sokoto sentencing is a live issue in the appeal pending before the Court of Appeal.
● The legal team contends that the Sokoto sentencing, standing alone and together with other grounds, warrants setting aside the conviction.
● Mazi Nnamdi Kanu will not leave Sokoto without a court order.
● Those urging him to do so risk undermining the pending appeal and his path to freedom.
● This is a legal matter for the Nigerian courts, not executive or diplomatic intervention.
● The matter is sub judice and must be respected as such.

Issued by the Okwu-Kanu Family

For and on behalf of the Family:

Prince Emmanuel Kanu