According to Deji Adeyanju, an Abuja-based activist, the release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, gives the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, a better chance at the polls next year.
According to WITHIN NIGERIA, Adeyanju told Daily Post that releasing Kanu will increase the ruling party’s chances of a favourable vote outcome in the Southeast.
According to him, Kanu’s release can help politicians strategize on how to win more votes in the Southeast.
The Abuja-based activist noted that the release of the IPOB leader would boost the morale of APC and PDP supporters alike.
WITHIN NIGERIA recalls that Kanu is still being held in detention by the Federal Government despite a Court of Appeal ruling that cleared him of all terrorism charges.
However, the court later granted the federal government’s request for a stay of the order, with the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, claiming that his release would jeopardize national security.
Although some agitators are concerned that his release will disrupt peaceful elections in the Southeast next year.
He submitted that;
It will boost APC’s chances, it will boost the morale of their supporters and that would be to the advantage of the ruling party and the PDP. The only party it will affect is the labour Party which is expecting to get some significant votes from the Southeast.
If the Federal Government decides to release Nnamdi Kanu, it will increase the ruling party’s chances of getting a favourable outcome in the election.
It can be used by politicians as a campaign strategy in the Southeast, so they can have something to go home and campaign with.
Like I have said, keeping Kanu does not add any value to the Federal Government; what value are they going to derive from keeping a man that the court has granted bail and said even his arrest is unconstitutional?
You can’t build something on nothing in the law, and you can’t give what you don’t have. The government can’t in any way prove the guilt of Kanu because they first have to return him back to where he was taken in Kenya. That is a small thing for any court to rule because it’s extraordinary rendition, which is state capture and abduction of citizens – this is prohibited under international law, and there is no easy way out for the government.
It will just be right for the government to release him because the next government may most likely release him.