If the current posture of the Nigerian government is anything to go by, towards the outcry for the release of Nnamdi Kanu, the founder and leader of the
Indigenous People of Biafra , then plights, fears and despair of Southeast residents and Ndigbo is far from over.
Amid the polarised debate on the detention of Nnamdi Kanu, a long-drawn legal tussle ensued between the IPOB leader’s legal team and the federal government of Nigeria. Prominent Igbo leaders and foreign organisations had pleaded with the government to free Kanu, but their cries went unanswered. Barely one month into his administration, Tinubu has had conversions with several concerned groups such as Governors Charles Soludo of Anambra State and Peter Mbah of Enugu State, plus the President-General of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohaneze Ndigbo on the release of Nnamdi Kanu.
In the same vein, retired army officer Hassan Stan-Labo, a security expert, on Wednesday, joined the raging calls on President Tinubu to release Kanu to end rising insecurity in the southeast.“Frankly speaking, further incarceration of Kanu will only make him more and more relevant, only heightens the hero worship over him,” he said.
“If you are offended by INJUSTICE, regardless of your tribal affiliation, raise your voice for the immediate release of MAZI NNAMDI KANU and all prisoners of conscience President Tinubu inherited from Buhari. Your silence is not golden. Please speak up! Thank you,” Ejimakor’s tweet read. The hoodlums stormed the Ukwagba police checkpoint and told officers to vacate, and thereafter burnt the police van. They also stormed the Ishieke police checkpoint and shot sporadically which made police officers in the area scamper for their lives.
Imo State has not been left out, with the gunmen also storming several places to force the people back to their homes. He added that, “There was a time when you filed a fundamental human rights suit and got an expeditious hearing. But now you file a fundamental right matter or even bail application, the person has not been convicted and he is there for months. And there is no interest by justices to grant freedom to someone who has not been convicted.
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