If I were President Buhari, in seeking peace and national cohesion, I will order the release of Nnamdi Kanu immediately.
…the appellate court declared Kanu’s abduction from Kenya to Nigeria as illegal and unlawful and quashed the entire terrorism charges brought against him by the Federal Government. It further stated that the Federal Government breached all local and international laws in the forceful rendition of Kanu to Nigeria, thereby making the terrorism charges against him incompetent and unlawful.
So, rightness is at the heart of law. That is why the law insists that, “He who comes into equity must come with clean hands”. Justice Oludotun Adefope-Okojie who read the Appeal Court’s verdict held that the failure of Nigeria to follow due process by way of extradition was fatal to the charges against Kanu. The court also held that the failure of the Federal Government to disclose where and when the alleged offences were committed was also fatal to the terrorism charges and made them liable to dismissal.
Explaining further, he noted that the lower court had ignored the mountain of evidence produced to back his client’s claim.
The case against Kanu was instituted by the Federal Government. The charges were not levelled by one tribe against another. It is sterile to continue colouring every pronouncement on it in veiled tribal innuendoes. After his tribulations and the way Nigerians from different parts of the country have called for his release, Kanu himself must have developed a renewed respect for the country of his birth by now.
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