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FG May Consider Political Solutions To Nnamdi Kanu, Sunday Igboho Issue

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Nov 11, 2021.

While the federal government has been involved in a legal battle with Nnamdi Kanu in Nigeria, it is battling to extradite Igboho from Benin Republic to face criminal charges

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the federal government has indicated that it is open to all kinds of solutions, including a political solution in order to resolve the crisis surrounding Nnamdi Kanu and Sunday Igboho’s separatist agitations.

Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), on Wednesday, in Abuja gave the indication in a chat with some journalists.

The AGF who noted that criminal conducts would never go unpunished, however, remarked that the government has been using the amnesty policy to tackle some security challenges in the country and as such, the possibility of a political solution cannot be ruled out.

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When asked whether the federal government is not disposed to a political solution to the cases of Kanu and Igboho, as being canvassed by some leaders and other stakeholders in the country, Malami noted that although such consideration is not yet on the table, but would not mind taking a shot at it once there is an approach on how to go about it.

“As far as security situation is concerned and as far as governance and this administration is concerned, you cannot rule out all possibilities”, he said, adding that, “But then there has to be an approach for government to consider.”

He, however, explained that he cannot be preemptive at this stage by stating clearly and outrightly that reconciliation is being considered without an approach being made.

According to him, it is the approach if at all any was made that the government “will look into for the purpose of looking at its weight, the authenticity of it, the good faith associated with it and then bring about the considerable factors relating to the negotiations or otherwise.