Bola Ahmed Tinubu 


By Tony Icheku


The Constitutional lawyer and Human Rights activist, Dr Monday Ubani on Tuesday wrote to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu pleading that he employ a political solution to the long incarceration of  the leader of the Indegenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu by  releasing him to the governors and political leaders of the South-East with the understanding that he keeps the peace.


 "Mr President,  I plead that you employ a political solution to Kanu's matter as a father of the nation and eradicate the current blood bath and all sorts of criminality  that shape the life of the entire  Eastern Region presently.



Dr Monday Ubani 


"Mazi Kanu should  be released to the Governors and Leaders of the Region with understanding that he keeps the peace for the sake of the region he professes to love", Ubani, the immediate past chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law, NBA-SPIDEL stated in the letter.



In the letter dated July 10, 2023, Ubani commended the recent drastic measures taken by the President to tackle the numerous challenges in the country and pleaded that similar efforts should also be extended to tackling the  insecurity and poor infrastructure problems in the Southeast.


Ubani noted that for the current government to be able to execute it's very laudable projects, all regions of the country must be carried along to foster a true sense of belonging.


The Human Rights lawyer said that the first step towards ensuring peace in the South-East is a political solution to the endless incarceration of Nnamdi Kanu and urged  the President to release him to the governors of the region 


Ubani's letter to the President read in part: "There are two issues that deserve urgent attention,  Mr President. I crave your indulgence that you  handle them fast.


"One is the indefinite detention of Nnamdi Kanu in DSS custody and the attendant blood bath in the Eastern Region as a result of that long inceration , and the second is the  state of bad roads in the Eastern Region especially the Ikwuano/Ikot Ekpene Road, Aba/Ikot Ekpene Road, Aba/Port Harcourt Road etc.


"Your Excellency, Nnamdi Nkanu's  continued detention on ground of an appeal filed by the outgone Minister of Justice/Attorney General of the Federation that on perusal does not disclose recondite grounds of law  gives me serious cause for concern. 


That the matter is not being given expeditious consideration further is very depressing. My worry is that some criminal elements in the region have latched on this to keep the entire region under serious threat  of insecurity, loss of lives and all forms of criminality. 


They have further destroyed the economic prospects of the region by determining days when people shall come out to pursue their daily economic activities. 


Mr President,  I plead that you employ a political solution to Kanu's matter as a father of the nation and eradicate the current blood bath and all sorts of criminality  that shape the life of the entire  Eastern Region presently.


 Mazi Kanu should  be released to the Governors and Leaders of the Region with understanding that he keeps the peace for the sake of the region he professes to love.  


Several governors and Leaders of the Region are ready for such a deal that will see the restoration of peace to the once bubbling region and by extension, to the country. 


"Mr President,  the ball is in your court to start the healing process in the Eastern Region by releasing  Kanu from detention and handing him over to the leaders here in the Region", he submitted