{"id":131747,"date":"2023-12-15T19:13:16","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T19:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/15\/tinubu-govt-can-release-nnamdi-kanu-abaribe-says-as-scourt-denies-kanu-freedom\/"},"modified":"2023-12-15T19:13:16","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T19:13:16","slug":"tinubu-govt-can-release-nnamdi-kanu-abaribe-says-as-scourt-denies-kanu-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/15\/tinubu-govt-can-release-nnamdi-kanu-abaribe-says-as-scourt-denies-kanu-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Tinubu Govt. Can Release Nnamdi Kanu&#8217; \u2013 Abaribe Says As S&#8217;Court Denies Kanu Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-885990\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Nnamdi-Kanu-in-court.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"350\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Enyinnaya Abaribe, Abia South Senator and former Minority Leader, has posited that the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu\u2019s administration can release Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), for the sake of national unity.<\/p>\n<p>Abaribe was reacting to the Supreme Court judgment that okayed Kanu\u2019s trial for terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>He however described the ruling against Kanu as unfortunate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis current Federal Government will do something very fast to release Nnamdi Kanu, if for no other reason, but for national cohesion and unity of the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs Leaders, we shall continue to press for a solution that will be the best in the circumstance,\u201d Abaribe said in a statement via his Media Adviser, Uchenna Awom.<\/p>\n<p>The former Senate Minority Leader also urged Igbos not to despair over what he called \u201cthe unfortunate outcome at the Supreme Court.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO: IPOB: S\u2019Court Insists Nnamdi Kanu Must Face Trial, Overturns A\u2019Court Judgement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has described the Supreme Court judgement against Kanu, as an open rape of justice and rule of law.<\/p>\n<p>MASSOB said the Supreme Court failed to uphold the integrity of the judiciary that was battered during the presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement signed by its leader, Uchenna Madu, MASSOB said: \u201cThis is an open rape of justice and rule of law. Mazi Nnamdi Kanu was earlier discharged by the Nigerian Federal High Court and Appeal Court. It was expected that the apex court would uphold the integrity of the Nigerian judiciary, but it woefully and sadly failed to redeem the battered image of the Nigerian judiciary, which was messed up during the presidential election cases.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people of Biafra and Nigeria have deepened their lost hope in the Nigerian judiciary. Nnamdi Kanu was kidnapped in Kenya and extradited illegally by Nigeria. The latest judicial prosecution of Ndigbo in Nigeria will never soften or demoralise our unshakable and indomitable spirits for Biafra\u2019s actualisation and restoration.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div data-advadstrackid=\"890536\" data-advadstrackbid=\"1\" class=\"infor-target\" id=\"infor-1034280857\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/300x250b.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enyinnaya Abaribe, Abia South Senator and former Minority Leader, has posited that the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu\u2019s administration can release Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), for the sake of national unity. Abaribe was reacting to the Supreme Court judgment that okayed Kanu\u2019s trial for terrorism. 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