In a statement signed by its president, Chief Dr. Sylvester Onyia, and released on Sunday, the group expressed outrage at Ribadu’s assertion that IPOB was behind attacks on police stations and correctional centers across the country.
AVID, a coalition of Igbo descendants who have served in the U.S. military, described Ribadu’s remarks as “reckless, subjudice, and a disgrace to the sanctity of judicial process.”
The group argued that making such sweeping declarations in the media while IPOB’s leader, Nnamdi Kanu, is still on trial amounts to “a direct interference with judicial independence,” something that, in their words, would warrant judicial sanctions in any civilized nation.
AVID further questioned Ribadu’s moral authority to label IPOB as terrorists, pointing to the escalating insecurity in the North-East and North-West regions of Nigeria.
