Hope of release from the federal government’s custody appears to be in the offing for the detained Biafra nation agitator, Nnamdi Kanu as Senators from the South-East region of Nigeria will today, Wednesday, July 3, hold a crucial parley with the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, to make a case for his release.
The Senators billed to be led on the visit by Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe are expected to convey their plea for Kanu’s release to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu through the AGF.
Uchenna Awom, a Special Assistant on media to Senator Abaribe confirmed the new move to newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja.
It would be recalled that on June 23, about 50 members of the House of Representatives had begged President Bola Tinubu to order the release of Kanu.
The federal lawmakers, who identified themselves as “Concerned Federal Lawmakers for Peace and Security in the South East”, 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 at his country home in Daura, Katsina, was said to have apologised on behalf of Kanu for his “missteps and ill gestures”.
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