{"id":152560,"date":"2025-02-24T14:18:43","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T13:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/satanic-lie-of-1966-igbo-coup-used-to-justify-nnamdi-kanus-rendition-ejimakor"},"modified":"2025-02-26T23:57:27","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T22:57:27","slug":"satanic-lie-of-1966-igbo-coup-used-to-justify-nnamdi-kanus-rendition-ejimakor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/satanic-lie-of-1966-igbo-coup-used-to-justify-nnamdi-kanus-rendition-ejimakor","title":{"rendered":"Satanic lie of 1966 Igbo coup used to justify Nnamdi Kanu\u2019s rendition \u2013 Ejimakor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Aloy Ejimakor, lead counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Monday said the \u201csatanic lie\u201d of the 1966 Igbo coup was used to justify the rendition of the Biafra agitator in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Posting on X, Ejimakor wrote: \u201cIn 1966, the satanic lie of an \u2018Igbo coup\u2019 was concocted to justify the pogrom against Ndigbo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 2017, a similar lie was used to tag Ndigbo terrorists, using IPOB as a cover; and in 2021, it was used to justify the rendition of MAZI NNAMDI KANU. Ndigbo must put a stop to this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, Kanu was subjected to extraordinary rendition from Kenya back to Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>The IPOB leader had left Nigeria after soldiers of Operation Python Dance invaded his residence in Afaraukwu, Abia State in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>But, with his rendition back to Nigeria, courts have discharged and acquitted Kanu of all charges against him but the Nigerian government has refused to grant him freedom.<\/p>\n<p>In January 2025, Justice Binta Nyako of the Abuja Federal High Court adjourned his case indefinitely.<\/p>\n<p>This followed a back and forth over Kanu\u2019s call for the judge to recuse herself from his trial.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Aloy Ejimakor, lead counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Monday said the \u201csatanic lie\u201d of the 1966 Igbo coup was used to justify the rendition of the Biafra agitator in 2021. Posting on X, Ejimakor wrote: \u201cIn 1966, the satanic lie of an \u2018Igbo coup\u2019 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":152559,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[15977,4864,254,625],"class_list":["post-152560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-1966-igbo-coup","tag-ejimakor","tag-nigeria","tag-nnamdi-kanu"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Satanic lie of 1966 Igbo coup used to justify Nnamdi Kanu\u2019s rendition \u2013 Ejimakor - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Aloy Ejimakor, lead counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Monday said the \u201csatanic ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/satanic-lie-of-1966-igbo-coup-used-to-justify-nnamdi-kanus-rendition-ejimakor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Satanic lie of 1966 Igbo coup used to justify Nnamdi Kanu\u2019s rendition \u2013 Ejimakor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Aloy Ejimakor, lead counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Monday said the \u201csatanic ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/satanic-lie-of-1966-igbo-coup-used-to-justify-nnamdi-kanus-rendition-ejimakor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-24T13:18:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-26T22:57:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/sm_1740394650.63107.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/satanic-lie-of-1966-igbo-coup-used-to-justify-nnamdi-kanus-rendition-ejimakor#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/satanic-lie-of-1966-igbo-coup-used-to-justify-nnamdi-kanus-rendition-ejimakor\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Satanic lie of 1966 Igbo coup used to justify Nnamdi Kanu\u2019s rendition \u2013 Ejimakor\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-24T13:18:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-26T22:57:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/satanic-lie-of-1966-igbo-coup-used-to-justify-nnamdi-kanus-rendition-ejimakor\"},\"wordCount\":211,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/satanic-lie-of-1966-igbo-coup-used-to-justify-nnamdi-kanus-rendition-ejimakor#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/sm_1740394650.63107.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"1966 Igbo coup\",\"Ejimakor\",\"Nigeria\",\"Nnamdi Kanu\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/satanic-lie-of-1966-igbo-coup-used-to-justify-nnamdi-kanus-rendition-ejimakor#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/satanic-lie-of-1966-igbo-coup-used-to-justify-nnamdi-kanus-rendition-ejimakor\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/satanic-lie-of-1966-igbo-coup-used-to-justify-nnamdi-kanus-rendition-ejimakor\",\"name\":\"Satanic lie of 1966 Igbo coup used to justify Nnamdi Kanu\u2019s rendition \u2013 Ejimakor - 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