Some members of the House of Representatives from the South East led by Ikenga Ugochinyere, have urged President Bola Tinubu to invoke the relevant sections of the Nigerian Constitution to discontinue the trial of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.
The lawmakers made it known that the dismissal of Kanu’s bail application was another huge setback for the healing and return of peace in the South-East.
Recall that Justice Binta Nyako recently rejected Kanu’s bail request, and granted an accelerated hearing on the matter.
While speaking on behalf of other South East lawmakers that were in court, Ugochinyere disclosed that granting Kanu bail would have offered an opportunity to open doors for discussion to bring about peace in the South East.
Ugochinyere, a House member representing Ideato South and North in the House of Representatives, however, appealed to the president to extend the same gesture the way he extended to Sunday Igboho as well as Omoyele Sowore.
He said: “We received the news of the rejection of the bail with sadness, and we just lost an opportunity to commence the process of healing in our land.
“That bail application, if granted, would have brought an opportunity to open doors for discussion to bring about peace in the South East.
“Just a few weeks back, the Federal Government discontinued the criminal charge filed against Omoyele Sowore. I’m also aware that the Federal Government has allowed Sunday Igboho back home.
“We are calling on President Bola Tinubu not to allow this moment pass him by. What the President should do and the Attorney-General in particular, is to invoke the power invested on him under Section 174 of the 1999 Constitution to discontinue the matter. The case can be discontinued in the interest of the public and justice.
“It is also painful for us that this bail application was rejected and we hope that President Tinubu will do the needful by discontinuing the matter.”
