Aloy Ejimakor, Special Counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Friday said some criminal elements are trying to influence the Presidency and court to stop the release of the agitator.

Ejimakor explained that these criminal elements usually spike up insecurity in the Southeast whenever Kanu’s court case is approaching.

He pointed out that the criminals, who he did not name, are causing insecurity in the Southeast to blackmail IPOB and Kanu.

A statement by Ejimakor reads: “The now predictable spike in insecurity (in Southeast) anytime the court date of MAZI NNAMDI KANU is approaching appears to be a well-orchestrated effort by disparate criminal elements and their sponsors to influence the Presidency and the Court into not freeing #MNK from what has, by the dint of the Supreme Court judgment, degenerated to extra-constitutional detention.

“These false flags are thinly disguised manoeuvres to cast IPOB and MNK in a bad light; it’s an ancient mind manipulation game called “guilty by association,” all aimed at complicating the pursuit of justice for MNK.

“The Fifth Columnists appear to have forgotten that MNK had, on one his recent court appearances, challenged the Federal Government to release him and see if insecurity in the Southeast will not end in 2 minutes.

“By refusing to take MNK at his word, the lives lost between the last court hearing and still counting must be blamed on those that are blocking the release of MNK. In reality, these people are the true merchants of the insecurity in Southeast, not MNK or IPOB. And the question to ask is this: Why must the activities of criminals, murderers and kidnappers be attributed to IPOB without any investigation, without any credible evidence?”