Primate Elijah Ayodele has condemned President Tinubu over Nigeria’s worsening insecurity, warning that if the government cannot protect citizens, the president should resign and allow a capable leader to take over.
At the time Kanu committed the offences for which he was tried and convicted, the Terrorism Prevention (Amendment) Act 2013 was still in force.
US Congressman Riley M. Moore says Nigeria must release Sunday Jackson and present a credible plan to disarm Fulani militants before any US military partnership can be considered.
President Bola Tinubu says “nothing troubles me more gravely than the security crisis bedevilling Nigeria,” urging urgent action to restore unity, trust and safety, especially in the North.
Uchechi Okwu-Kanu has criticised her husband’s lawyers for failing to inform her about Nnamdi Kanu’s transfer to a Sokoto correctional facility, describing their behaviour as unprofessional.
Peter Obi has described Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s life imprisonment as a leadership failure that risks increasing national tension, calling for dialogue and reconciliation.
Former Senator Shehu Sani has described Nnamdi Kanu’s life sentence as survivable and called for dialogue amid concerns over Kanu’s reported relocation to Sokoto.
Atiku Abubakar has urged President Bola Tinubu to declare a state of emergency on insecurity following the abduction of over 50 students and staff from a secondary school in Niger State.
Following the life sentence given to its leader Nnamdi Kanu, IPOB has insisted it remains committed to peaceful self-determination and condemned the terrorism conviction as unjust.
The federal government tendered 34 exhibits, including Nnamdi Kanu’s underwear and fragrances; however, the evidence upon which the judge heavily relied were the ‘doctored’ clips. Our strategy was to reserve our objections until our final written address.
Maxwell Opara, Lawyer