The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has insisted that its members were not responsible for the death of former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Ahmed Gulak.
IPOB’s spokesman, Emma Powerful said its sit-at-home was enforced on Monday May 31, 2021 while Gulak was killed a day before the order.
Powerful insisted that the presentation of Gulak’s death certificate during the trial of IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu has no “evidentiary value”;; to the ongoing proceedings.
In a statement he signed, Powerful insisted that the prosecution’s case against Kanu has collapsed.
Charging the media to be objective, Powerful said the prosecution witness admitted under oath that no investigation report exists to support the politically motivated charges against Kanu.
According to Powerful: “Let it be known that the so-called death certificate of Ahmed Gulak, former aide to ex-President Jonathan, has no evidentiary value whatsoever in the context of the ongoing trial.
“The Federal Government’s prosecuting counsel, Awomolo SAN, acting with shocking dishonesty, attempted to reintroduce evidence after closing his examination-in-chief—an unethical and unacceptable legal maneuver designed only to mask the shame of a failed prosecution.
“It is important to set the record straight: The sit-at-home observance declared by IPOB for the annual 30th May Remembrance Day in 2021 was held on Monday, 31st May 2021, not Sunday the 30th. Gulak was murdered on Sunday, a full day before the observance.
“This timeline alone dismantles the fabricated claim that IPOB had any involvement in his death. The attempt to retrofit this tragic event into their crumbling narrative is not just deceitful—it is criminal.
“We remind the world that this is not the first time the Nigerian State has weaponized misinformation and historical revisionism to justify ethnic persecution.
“Just as the 1966 coup was falsely labelled an ‘Igbo coup’ to ignite the genocidal war against our people, they now seek to frame IPOB for every act of state-engineered violence in the South East.”;;
