Withdraw appeal against Nnamdi Kanu, Ohakim urges Buhari

Withdraw appeal against Nnamdi Kanu, Ohakim urges Buhari   October 21, 2022 | EASTERN PILOT   Imo State former governor Ikedi Ohakim  A form...

Withdraw appeal against Nnamdi Kanu, Ohakim urges Buhari

 

October 21, 2022 | EASTERN PILOT 

Imo State former governor Ikedi Ohakim 

A former Governor of Imo State, Ikedi Ohakim, has reacted to the Federal Government’s appeal against the release of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.

Ohakim urged President Muhammadu Buhari to direct the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, Abubakar Malami, to withdraw the appeal against Kanu’s release.

The former governor made the call while backing the South-East Senate caucus’s call that the Federal Government should release the IPOB leader.

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The Federal Government had dragged Kanu before the Supreme Court over the Appeal Court ruling that discharged and acquitted him.

Faulting the appellate court’s ruling, the Nigerian Government argued that Kanu once jumped bail.

However, Ohakim argued that the Abia State High Court had issued a judgment in favour of Kanu over the issue that he jumped bail.

In a tweet, the former governor wrote: “I join the SE Senate caucus in calling on Mr President to direct AGF Malami to withdraw the appeal the FG filed against the release of Nnamdi Kanu. The issue that Kanu jumped bail was resolved in his favour by the Abia State High Court judgment secured by @AloyEjimakor in Jan. 2022.”

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Meanwhile, Kanu’s Special Counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, has urged Malami to inform Buhari of a past court judgment that Kanu did not jump bail.

Ejimakor also urged Malami to inform the President of past rulings that stated that the IPOB leader was not a terrorist.

“Mr President: In 2018, a tribunal held that Kanu is not a terrorist. In Jan. 2022, Abia court held he didn’t jump bail. In July 2022, the UN asked the government to free him. In Oct. 2022, the Appeal Court discharged him. The hunter has become the hunted.

“Mr President: In 2018, a tribunal held that Kanu is not a terrorist. In Jan. 2022, Abia court held he didn’t jump bail. In July 2022, UN asked us to free him. In Oct. 2022, Appeal court discharged him. The hunter has become the hunted”.

This is what Malami should tell Buhari.

— aloy ejimakor (@AloyEjimakor) October 21, 2022

“This is what Malami should tell Buhari,” he tweeted.

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