The detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has arrived at the Federal High Court Abuja for his trial.
Kanu who arrived in court in the presence of his lawyers on Wednesday, also spoke on the killings in the South East.
He insisted he was all for peace, and had no hand in the murder of the soldiers.
“I condemn in its entirety all of the killings, because IPOB was founded on a non-violent principle, and we maintain that stand. And some of these soldiers, we were told are also our people, and his family is in mourning right now.
“So I condemn all the killings. I don’t want that. We are fighting for freedom, so, how can we want violence? We want people to be free. We have suffered a lot in Africa, from slavery in Arabia, Europe and now slavery in America.
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“This is when to focus on this continent, and be what God wants us to be, so that they will know that we know what we are doing,” he told journalists in court.
Kanu’s stance over the killing of soldiers in the region comes as members of the legal team demanded his release.
His legal team earlier submitted a full list of judgements in the matter to the office of the Attorney General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, at the Federal Ministry of Justice in Abuja.
The leader of the team, Barr Nnaemeka Ejiofor, told journalists that the judgements were from both domestic and international, courts directing the release of the IPOB leader.
He said the decision to forward all the pronouncements was in response to the statement credited to the AGF that he was not aware of Kanu’s case and that his fate would be resolved by the court.
Ejiofor also asked President Bola Tinubu, to release Kanu and respect the various judgements, directing the IPOB leader’s release.
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