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President Buhari To Igbo Leaders:Your Demand For Nnamdi Kanu’s Release Is Heavy

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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"18Kc3gx0" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>An unconditional release of Nnamdi Kanu&comma; leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra &lpar;IPOB&rpar;&comma; currently standing trial&comma; runs contrary to the doctrine of separation of powers between the Executive and Judiciary&comma; President Muhammadu Buhari has said&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"PjMgJHei" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Receiving a group under the aegis of Highly Respected Igbo Greats&comma; led by First Republic parliamentarian and Minister of Aviation&comma; Chief Mbazulike Amaechi&comma; at State House&comma; Abuja&comma; the President told the 93-year-old statesman&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;You’ve made an extremely difficult demand on me as leader of this country&period; The implication of your request is very serious&period; In the last six years&comma; since I became President&comma; nobody would say I have confronted or interfered in the work of the Judiciary&period; God has spared you&comma; and given you a clear head at this age&comma; with very sharp memory&period; A lot of people half your age are confused already&period; But the demand you made is heavy&period; I will consider it&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nigeriantracker&period;com&sol;2021&sol;11&sol;18&sol;donation-of-100-million-naira-to-davido-and-the-lost-of-humanity&sol;">Donation Of 100 Million Naira To Davido And The Lost Of Humanity<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"lJTUxwtc" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Stressing his policy of non-interference with the Judiciary&comma; President Buhari said when Kanu jumped bail&comma; got arrested and brought back to the country&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I said the best thing was to subject him to the system&period; Let him make his case in court&comma; instead of giving very negative impressions of the country from outside&period; I feel it’s even a favour to give him that opportunity&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad5" id&equals;"quads-ad5" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The President condoled with Chief Amaechi&comma; who recently buried his wife&comma; praying that her soul would rest in peace&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The nonagenarian had described the situation in the Southeast as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;painful and pathetic&comma;” lamenting that businesses have collapsed&comma; education is crumbling&comma; and there is fear everywhere&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He pleaded for a political&comma; rather than military solution&comma; requesting that if Kanu was released to him as the only First Republic Minister still alive&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;he would no longer say the things he had been saying&comma;” stressing that he could control him&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;not because I have anything to do with them &lpar;IPOB&rpar;&comma; but I am highly respected in Igbo land today&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Chief Amaechi said twice he had interfaced with Nnamdi Kanu in the past&comma; and the latter rescinded orders earlier given on civil disobedience&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He concluded&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I don’t want to leave this planet without peace returning to my country&period; I believe in one big&comma; united Nigeria&comma; a force in Africa&period; Mr President&comma; I want you to be remembered as a person who saw Nigeria burning&comma; and you quenched the fire&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Other people in the visiting delegation were&semi; His Excellency Chukwuemeka Ezeife&comma; former Governor of Anambra State&comma; Bishop Sunday Onuoha of the Methodist Church&comma; Chief Barrister Goddy Uwazurike&comma; former President of Igbo socio-cultural group&comma; Aka Ikenga&comma; and Mr Tagbo Mbazulike Amaechi&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"autorelaxed" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"1004305389"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; 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