In regards to the ongoing trial of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, or IPOB, President Muhammadu Buhari has been instructed to maintain his previous position.
According to PulseNets, Buhari had repeatedly stated that the judiciary will determine Kanu’s destiny.
The president had said in response to requests for the release of Nnamdi Kanu, the imprisoned leader of the illegal Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), made by regional traditional, religious, and political leaders:
‘‘I have listened carefully to the various appeals from the elders to the traditional leaders regarding a wide range of options, and as I have said previously this matter remains in the full purview of the courts where it will be properly adjudicated.”
The IPOB leader, however, was just recently exonerated by the Court of Appeal.
The Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, stated that Kanu will not be released any time soon, therefore the jubilation that greeted the court judgement is progressively waning.
The National President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, commented on the incident by saying that President Buhari should demonstrate leadership by honouring his own statements.
Okwu remarked in a statement that was made accessible to PulseNets on Tuesday, “it is a source of worry that the Buhari-led presidency is foot-dragging in obeying the Appeal Court’s order on Nnamdi Kanu.
“Recall that Igbo leaders, including the international community had at several times asked the President to apply a political solution to Kanu’s case but he said the court would decide on that. Now that the court has ruled in Kanu’s favour, the supposed Chief law officer of the federation, Abubakar Malami is busy deceiving the government.
“We ask Mr. President to show leadership; he should respect the rule of law; for the federal government of Nigeria to disobey valid orders of court is sending the wrong signal to the citizens and the international community.”
“The President should without hesitation order the DSS to comply with that order and free Kanu is order to ensure total peace and security in the South-East and the South-South,” Okwu stated.
