There seems to be an array of hope for the release of the detained Biafra nation agitator, Nnamdi Kanu from the Federal Government’s custody as Senators from the South-East region of Nigeria were expected today, Wednesday, July 3, 2024 to hold an important meeting with the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, to plead for his release.

The Senators who were to be led on the visit by Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe would convey their plea for Kanu’s release to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu through the AGF. Sources familiar with the issue confirmed to DAILY POST that the parley would be held at the Conference Hall of the AGF at the Federal Ministry of Justice in Abuja. It was gathered that the meeting was a follow-up to the request made earlier by about 50 House of Representatives members pleading for his release.

Uchenna Awom, a Special Assistant on media to Senator Abaribe confirmed the new move to newsmen on Tuesday, July 2, 2024, in Abuja.
About 50 members of the House of Representatives who identified themselves as “Concerned Federal Lawmakers for Peace and Security in the South East”, had earlier asked Tinubu to direct the AGF to invoke Section 174 of the 1999 Constitution to terminate criminal charges against Kanu and release him.

Similarly, Obi Aguocha, a House of Representatives member representing Ikwuano, Umuahia North and South Federal Constituency, had sought the support of former President Muhammadu Buhari for the release of Kanu. Aguocha, who visited Buhari on Saturday, June 29, 2024, at his country home in Daura, Katsina, was reported to have apologized on behalf of Kanu for his “missteps and ill gestures”.

The lawmaker was also said to have asserted that a political resolution would address the concerns of the aggrieved parties and promote unity within the country in respect of Kanu’s matter. An impeccable source informed DAILY POST that apart from making a case for the release of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), the Abaribe team would also persuade the Federal Government through the AGF to drop the terrorism charges against Kanu.

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