Nnamdi Kanu, Sunday Igboho: Political Solution Must be Quick, SANs advise FG
- Prominent lawyers are of the view that political resolution on agitators, Nnamdi Kanu and Sunday Adeyemo (Igboho), must be fast
- The three Senior Advocates of Nigeria requested that the federal government put in motion quick the dialogue process with the secessionists' group
- They however concluded that political solution is the only option the government has to dialogue with the separatists
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Lagos- Femi Falana, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, and Ifedayo Adedipe, three Senior Advocates of Nigeria, have asked President Muhammadu Buhari to quickly put in motion, the dialogue process with the various secessionist groups in the country.
The Punch reports that the senior advocates said the federal government does not have an option but to dialogue with the separatists.
Earlier, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) had said the government won’t rule out a political solution to resolve the crisis surrounding separatist agitations in Nigeria.
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Reacting in an interview with the newspaper, Falana said the government has no option other than to employ political solutions to solve the challenges.
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Falana said:
“That (political solution) has been the demand of many concerned citizens and the government has to speed up that process because the government has no choice but to embark on political solution because outright force cannot win the battle.
“It is the battle of the mind, an ideological battle. If a group of young people say, ‘We are frustrated with the mismanagement of the resources of the country’, we want to break away. What is required of the government is to try and woo them back to convince them to continue to repose confidence in the corporate existence of Nigeria and that campaign can only be won if there is an assurance that justice will be done to all manners of people in the country.”
Growing dissatisfaction and perceived injustice have fueled secessionist agitations in Southern Nigeria of late. While Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho is an arrowhead of Yoruba Nation in the Southwest, embattled Nnamdi Kanu leads the proscribed secessionist group, the Indigenous People of Biafra in the Southeast.
Nnamdi Kanu: Southeast Governors to meet federal government over IPOB leader
Meanwhile, Legit.ng had earlier reported that governors from the southeast are planning to meet with the federal government to deliberate on the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu.
It was reported that the governor of Ebonyi state and chairman of the forum, David Umahi made the announcement on Thursday, November 4.
In a press release, Umahi noted that the meeting will ensure that political solutions are deployed in the case of the IPOB leader.
Doyin Okupe asks FG to release IPOB leader
In another report, a former presidential media aide, Dr. Doyin Okupe, called on the federal government to release Kanu, if it would restore peace in the southeast region.
Okupe stated that the freedom and or life of the IPOB leader was more important than the forthcoming November 6 governorship in the state.
According to the former presidential aide, Kanu's IPOB has become an army of resistance that should not be toyed with.
Source: Legit.ng
