JULY 11 COURT SITTING: NIGERIA GOVT SHOULD WITHDRAW CASE AGAINST NNAMDI KANU AND ALLOW POLITICAL PROCESS TO CONTINUE

By Mazi Onyebuchi Eze
For Family Writers
A popular saying goes like this "He that goes to the equity must go with clean hands". It is important for Nigeria government through its ministry of Justice and directorate of public prosecution to as a matter of urgency withdraw the case of frivolous charges bothering on treasonable felony instituted against Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and other defendants as the issues relating the case is now going through a debate of referendum nationwide. Let nobody think that the bail granted to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu (De Great) has ended the case because another court sitting comes up on July 11, 2017 for a continued hearing on the case whereas the political process initiated by Acting-President, Yemi Osinbajo has seriously interfered in the court litigation. As Nigeria Acting-president Prof Osinbajo has initiated political consultations and persuasions on the matter of Biafra referendum which is the main reason why Nigeria government arrested, arraigned and continued to detain Biafran agitators in the first place. Nigeria government should show those Igbo leaders whom Prof Yemi Osinbajo is consulting sincerity by dropping the case against Nnamdi Kanu and his men from court and praying the court to discharge all the remaining detainees because the political process cannot go side by side with court litigation on same subject as it will constitute an executive interference into a judicial process. The fact that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is agitating for Biafra restoration peacefully according to lay down principle of United Nations is no more a news to the world, but what is presently a new development in the struggle is that IPOB is now demanding a referendum as the only thing that will test the political will of Biafrans or there will be no more election in Biafraland, especially Anambra governorship election which is around the corner. As Biafra referendum is now on table of dichotomy of legitimacy as some Schools of Thought are of opinion that such national or regional referendum in Nigeria is not contained in Nigeria Constitution and other Schools of Thought also argued that Self-determination and referendum is recognized in the international laws which Nigeria is a signatory to and domesticated in Nigeria auxiliary laws and thereby should be conducted in Biafraland; it is time for Nigeria government to withdraw the case from court and have the detainees discharged so that the full blown political process can continue without judicial hindrances. It is obvious that the intimidation associated with unlawful arrest and detention of Biafra agitators has not changed anything in the struggle, but continued to make them stronger, so Nigeria government should save itself from further diplomatic damage before the world by discharging these detainees and then drop the case because Biafra agitation is now discussed everywhere in Radio stations and Television Channels across the world.