Convener/National Chairman, Igbo Agenda Dialogue (IAD), Chief Chekwas Okorie has said that the trial and sentencing of Nnamdi Kanu is fundamentally flawed, given the nature of his extraordinary rendition from Kenya.
Okorie who expressed sadness at the outcome of the trial, advised that the legal process would not resolve the matter for which Kanu is being persecuted.
He therefore, urged President Bola Tinubu, to grant Kanu pardon and allow the matterb to proceed with appeals at the appellate and apex courts.
Speaking in his reaction to Thursday’s Justice Omotosho judgement, Okorie said, “I feel sad that after all the legal rigmarole in the matter of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, it has ended up in his being sentenced to a life imprisonment. I had severally maintained that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s agitation for the self-determination of the Igbo people by exiting Nigeria was not only political but within his fundamental right of freedom of expression.
“I advised Nigerian governments that the legal process would not resolve this matter. It can be said that Nnamdi Kanu’s crusade is an offshoot of Chief Ralph Uwazurike’s MASSOB.
“The trial of Nnamdi Kanu is fundamentally flawed, given the nature of his extraordinary rendition from Kenya. It is with every sense of responsibility that I urge President Tinubu to take immediate steps to invoke his special presidential dispensation to halt Nnamdi Kanu’s highly incendiary matter and grant him pardon without allowing the parties to proceed with appeals at the appellate and apex courts.
“There are several flash points in Nigeria at this time, and the country is in the eye of the storm in the comity of nations. The ball is now in the court of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. How he responds to this tasty moment will determine the direction of all the various outcomes, one way or the other.”
Credit 4“The trial of Nnamdi Kanu is fundamentally flawed, given the nature of his extraordinary rendition from Kenya. It is with every sense of responsibility that I urge President Tinubu to take immediate steps to invoke his special presidential dispensation to halt Nnamdi Kanu’s highly incendiary matter and grant him pardon without allowing the parties to proceed with appeals at the appellate and apex courts.“There are several flash points in Nigeria at this time, and the country is in the eye of the storm in the comity of nations. The ball is now in the court of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. How he responds to this tasty moment will determine the direction of all the various outcomes, one way or the other.
Credit: The Sun