Court will determine Nnamdi Kanu’s fate, says Buhari

Chidi Samuel/ The fate of Nnamdi kanu, IPOB leader will be determined by the court, President Muhammadu Buhari said on Wednesday.

Elder statesman and aviation minister in the first republic, Mbazulike Amaechi had while leading Igbo leaders to Aso Rock late last year pleaded with Buhari to free the IPOB leader, a request the president pledged to consider.

But in an interview aired on Channels Television, the President ruled out the possibility of granting a pardon to Nnamdi Kanu.

“There’s one institution I would not dare interfere with — that is the judiciary, Buhari said.

“Kanu’s case is with the judiciary. But what I wonder is when Kanu was in Europe abusing this administration, I never thought he would voluntarily come and defend himself on the accusations.

“So we are giving Kanu an opportunity to defend himself in our system, not to be abusing us from Europe as if he was not a Nigerian. Let him come here and criticise us here.

“His case is with the judiciary, let him be listened to. But people who are saying he should be released, no, we cannot release him.”

Buhari further ruled out the possibility of a political situation in the IPOB leaders case.

“No, there is a possibility of political solution. If he behaves himself, all well and good, he said.

“But you can’t go to a foreign country and keep sending incorrect security and economic problems against your country — and think he will never account for what he has been doing… let him account for what he has been doing.”

Kanu, who is currently in DSS custody, is facing charges bordering on treasonable felony instituted against him in response to years of the campaign for the Republic of Biafra through IPOB.