The Chairman of the Board of Trustees at the Centre for Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Crusade (CHURAC), Alaowei Cleric Ebikonbowei, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration to grant a Presidential Pardon to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
Ebikonbowei issued this appeal in a statement sent to Our Correspondent in Warri.
Expressing concern over national security, Ebikonbowei stated, “We can’t afford to entertain another set of insecurity in addition to what we are facing.”
He further highlighted, “Our security system seemed overwhelmed by what is going on in the Northern part of the country.”
Ebikonbowei believes that pardoning Kanu could foster peace, particularly in the South East. “Keeping Nnamdi Kanu in detention, while prescribing separatist movements won’t stop insecurity.
The man is highly loved by his people and so presidential pardon is the best way out to avert insecurity.”
He also remarked on Kanu’s legal challenges, stating, “Nnamdi Kanu is the architect of his travail, noting, “He had all the time to defend himself but sacked all his legal team, including learned Senior Advocates.
He abused everybody even the court where he was standing trial. Who does that?
I guess he can now believe in his lawyers and allow them to defend him at the appellate court? I won’t say much about the appeal process. Let his legal team appeal the judgement.”
