Govt officials make N800m anytime IPOB leader, Kanu, appears in court, family claims

The family of incarcerated leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has raised an alarm over an alleged N800 million being used by the Nigerian government as cost of bringing the Biafran agitator to court any time he is to make an appearance.

A statement on Saturday by spokesman for the family, Prince Emmanuel Kanu, said it would like to know those benefiting from the money the government allegedly spends to prosecute Kanu.

Prince Emmanuel added that the family was worried that some corrupt individuals were benefiting from Kanu’s situation and as such, the possibility of releasing him from the custody of the Directorate of State Services (DSS) looked bleak.