The unconditional release of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the illegal Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), currently on trial, is contrary to the doctrine of the separation of powers between the Executive and the Judiciary, President Muhammadu Buhari said while receiving a group under the aegis of highly respected Igbo Leaders, headed by First Republic MP and Aviation Minister Chief Mbazulike Amaechi, at State House, Abuja, the president told the 93-year-old statesman:
Emphasizing his policy of non-interference in the judiciary, President Buhari said that when Kanu jumped bail, he was arrested and returned to the country, “I said it was best to submit him to the system, to give him that opportunity.”
The president expressed his sorrow for Chief Amaechi, who recently buried his wife, and prayed that her soul would rest in peace.
The nonagenarian had described the situation in the Southeast as “painful and pathetic,” lamenting that businesses have collapsed, education is collapsing and there is fear everywhere.
He advocated a political, rather than military, solution and requested that if Kanu was handed over to him as the only minister of the First Republic who was still alive, he would “no longer say the things he had been saying,” stressing that he could control him. not because he has something to do with IPOB.
He concluded: “I don’t want to leave this planet without peace returning to my country. I believe in a great and united Nigeria, a force in Africa. Mr. President, I want you to be remembered as a person who saw Nigeria burning and you put out the fire.”
Other people from the visiting delegation were; His Excellency Chukwuemeka Ezeife, former governor of Anambra State, Bishop Sunday Onuoha of the Methodist Church, senior lawyer Goddy Uwazurike, former chairman of the Igbo socio-cultural group, Aka Ikenga, and Mr. Tagbo Mbazulike Amaechi.
SKJ