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Nnamdi Kanu’s Lawyer Reacts To Buhari’s Remarks On IPOB Leader’s Release

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3 years ago

Nov 21, 2021.

The IPOB leader was allegedly re-arrested in Kenya and extradited to Nigeria after he jumped bail in 2017 over claims that his life was being threatened by security agencies

EKO HOT BLOG reports that Aloy Ejimakor, legal counsel for the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu, has said that the prerogative to release his client rests with the President Muhammadu Buhari-led executive arm of government.

Ejimakor is reacting to a comment made by the President when he received some respected Igbo elders, led by Minister of Aviation in the First Republic, Chief Mbazulike Amaechi, in Aso Rock, Abuja.

He said contrary to the statement by the President on Friday, the release of the IPOB leader is not in the hands of the judiciary.

He quoted Section 174 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, noting that the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has the power to discontinue at any stage any criminal proceedings instituted by him before judgement is delivered.

The lawyer, in a tweet, wrote, “Section 174 of the Constitution says: The Attorney General of the Federation shall have power to discontinue any criminal proceedings instituted by him.

“The unconditional release of Nnamdi Kanu lies with the Executive, not the Judiciary.”

Sec. 174 of the Constitution says: ‘The Attorney General of Nigeria shall have power to DISCONTINUE any criminal proceedings instituted by him’.
The UNCONDITIONAL release of #NnamdiKanu lies with the Executive, NOT the Judiciary. pic.twitter.com/mWpdvNT0Ix

— aloy ejimakor (@AloyEjimakor) November 21, 2021