{"id":92732,"date":"2023-07-24T16:06:43","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/nnamdi-kanu-was-never-in-support-of-sit-at-home-lawyer-ozekhome"},"modified":"2023-07-24T22:51:02","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T21:51:02","slug":"nnamdi-kanu-was-never-in-support-of-sit-at-home-lawyer-ozekhome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nnamdi-kanu-was-never-in-support-of-sit-at-home-lawyer-ozekhome","title":{"rendered":"Nnamdi Kanu was never in support of sit-at-home \u2013 Lawyer, Ozekhome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The incarcerated Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has doubled down on his demand for the stoppage of recurring sit-at-home exercises in the South Eastern part of the country.<\/p>\n<p>Kanu spoke through one of his lawyers, Mike Ozekhome, SAN, in a video sighted .<\/p>\n<p>Dan Nwomeh, the Senior Special Assistant, Mainstream Media to Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State, shared the video on his Twitter handle on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ozekhome, Kanu said he does not believe in the sit-at-home, insisting he could not be fighting for his people and at the same time shutting down their economy.<\/p>\n<p>He cited the effect of the sit-at-home exercise on the social, economic, cultural and political life of the people, lamenting that it has put them under psychological, psychical and mental stricture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dAs his lead counsel and lawyer, he has told me that he does not believe in it (Sit-at-home); he can not be fighting for his people and shutting down their economy. How do they feed? How will they train their children? Many a time, he cried to me in my presence that he wants to be released so that he can hold a world press conference and address the Igbo and Ala Igbo and the entire world to say, \u201dDon\u2019t stay at home on Mondays, go about your normal duties, go to work; because the Bible tells us it is upon the labour of your hands, I will bless the fruits of your labour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dSo, I am now re-echoing again and again what Nnamdi Kanu has told me, \u201dHe does not believe in that sit-at-home on Mondays,\u201d which cripples the social-economic, social-cultural and political life of the people, putting them under psychological, psychical and mental stricture and torture,\u201d Kanu said through Ozekhome.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The incarcerated Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has doubled down on his demand for the stoppage of recurring sit-at-home exercises in the South Eastern part of the country. Kanu spoke through one of his lawyers, Mike Ozekhome, SAN, in a video sighted . 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