- * Urges FG To Comply With Court Verdict
- Cautions Jubilant Nigerians To Show Responsibility
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11
Founding National Chairman of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Chekwas Okorie (Ojeozi Ndigbo), has commended the freedom granted Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) by the Appeal Court on Thursday, describing it as an evidence of professionalism and courage on the part of the justices of the Appellate Court.
Chief Okorie in a statement late night on Thursday, October 13, 2022, and which he made available to NIGERIAN NEWSLEADER Newspaper, said he joins millions of Nigerians and indeed Ndigbo in expressing joy and satisfaction with Kanu's acquittal of the terrorism and sundry charges against him by the federal government.
He also commended Kanu's defense counsels for their efforts in vigorously working for his freedom through the court, while appealing to the federal government to accept the court's verdict in the interest of peace.
Chekwas Okorie's statement reads thus: "I join millions of Nigerian citizens and concerned Diaspora Communities in the joy of the well considered judgment of the Court of Appeal that discharged and acquitted the embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, on Thursday, 13th October, 2022.
"I commend the 3 Justices of the Court of Appeal who demonstrated courage, forthrightness, erudition and dispassion in delivering this historic judgment. Similarly, I appreciate the commitment, resilience, discipline, diligence and admirable professionalism of the team of the learned Counsel that defended Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
"It is with every sense of responsibility and patriotism that I urge and indeed appeal to the Federal Government of Nigeria under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari, to accept the verdict of the Court of Appeal in the interest of peace and national unity.
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"I further appeal to the President to seize the moment and use his special presidential dispensation to extend pardon to other detainees who are facing similar charges that are currently in various Correctional Facilities across the country.
"As we await the due compliance of the Federal Government with the judgment of the Court of Appeal by promptly releasing Mazi Nnamdi Kanu from the DSS facility, I fervently appeal to the jubilant population of the Nigerian society to celebrate Mazi Nnamdi Kanu's freedom responsibly.
"The release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu will definitely usher in, a new era of calm and security of life and property, especially in the Southeast and South-South geopolitical zones of Nigeria. One immediate benefit of the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is the automatic stoppage of the economically debilitating stay-at-home, every Monday of the week in the Southeast geopolitical zone.
"Similarly the criminals who have have been operating under the cover of IPOB pretending to be freedom fighters, will now be isolated for who they truly are. It is fortuitous that the Appeal Court judgment is coming at the verge of the electioneering period in our Country. At least the security concerns of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, would be reduced to the barest minimum in the South East and South South geopolitical zones of Nigeria.
The Federal Government and the good people of Nigeria have everything to gain and nothing to lose by the immediate release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The time for President Muhammadu Buhari to show magnanimity and leadership in the vexed issue of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is now". NNL.