“Releasing Nnamdi Kanu Is Rewarding Criminality And Murder Of Innocent People” – Asari Dokubo

President Bola Tinubu has been urged not to free Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), who are officially outlawed, by Niger Delta leader Asari Dokubo.

Dokubo made this announcement to the media after his Friday meeting with President Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

A Niger Delta politician said that Kanu should go to court because his release would encourage criminal behavior and the horrifying death of unarmed civilians.

Remember that Kanu has been in the Department of State Services’ (DSS) custody while awaiting trial for terrorism since his 2021 re-arrest.

A Federal High Court in Abuja had granted him bail in 2017 but he flouted the bail conditions and subsequently fled the country, and was thereafter re-arrested. 

Former President Muhammadu Buhari had resisted pressure to release Kanu, but with the entry of a new government, there have been calls for the IPOB leader’s release.

Speaking on Kanu’s detention, Dokubo said, “Releasing Nnamdi Kanu is rewarding criminality and rewarding gruesome murder of innocent people,” he said at the. “He should face the law for the actions and instigations he has carried out.

“On security, I want to clearly say that there are full-scale wars going on in different parts of this country. In the South East, the IPOB/ESN is waging a full-scale war against the government of this country and many local governments, many communities are deserted, schools are closed, and hospitals are closed,” he added.