Honour your word, release Nnamdi Kanu – Ohanaeze tells Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has been urged to honour his word towards the release of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB).

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth on Tuesday asked the president to obey the order of the court to release the embattled IPOB leader.

President Buhari had earlier stated that Kanu’s fate is not in his hands, but in the hands of the judiciary and that whatever the court decides would be final.

“I have listened carefully to the various appeals from the elders to the traditional leaders regarding a wide range of options, and as I have said previously this matter remains in the full purview of the courts where it will be properly adjudicated,” the President said.

Recall that the IPOB leader was discharged and acquitted last week by the court of Appeal.

But the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, against the Appeal Court order, declared that Kanu is only discharged but not acquitted.

Reacting, the National President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike said President Buhari should show leadership by respecting his own words.

In a statement made available on Tuesday, Okwu said: “it is a source of worry that the Buhari-led presidency is foot-dragging in obeying the Appeal Court’s order on Nnamdi Kanu.

“Recall that Igbo leaders, including the international community had at several times asked the President to apply a political solution to Kanu’s case but he said the court would decide on that. Now that the court has ruled in Kanu’s favour, the supposed Chief law officer of the federation, Abubakar Malami is busy deceiving the government.

“We ask Mr. President to show leadership; he should respect the rule of law; for the federal government of Nigeria to disobey valid orders of court is sending the wrong signal to the citizens and the international community.

“The President should without hesitation order the DSS to comply with that order and free Kanu is order to ensure total peace and security in the South-East and the South-South.”