By Seun Opejobi Aloy Ejimakor, Special Counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has disclosed who ha...
By Seun Opejobi
Aloy Ejimakor, Special Counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the
Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has disclosed who has the power to release
the pro-Biafra agitator.
Ejimakor disclosed that the Attorney General of the
Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami has the power to
order Kanu’s release.
He explained that Malami has the power to discontinue any
legal proceedings he initiated.
In a tweet, Ejimakor anchored his remark on Section 174 of
the Nigerian constitution.
The Special Counsel maintained that the Executive has the
power to release Kanu and not the judiciary.
According to Ejimakor: “Sec. 174 of the Constitution says:
‘The Attorney General of Nigeria shall have the power to DISCONTINUE any
criminal proceedings instituted by him.
“The UNCONDITIONAL release of #NnamdiKanu lies with the
Executive, NOT the Judiciary.”
This is coming at a time President Muhammadu Buhari has
promised to consider the release of the pro-Biafra agitator.
Buhari had made the promise while responding to an appeal by
some Southeast leaders under the aegis of the Highly Respected Igbo Greats, led
by First Republic parliamentarian and Minister of Aviation, Chief Mbazulike
Amaechi.
The president had met with the Igbo leaders at the
Presidential Villa, Abuja.
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