A group of senators from the South-East geo-political zone of the country, led by the former deputy governor of Abia state, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, has held a closed-door meeting with the Attorney General (AG) of the federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, in a bid to secure the release of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
The senators argue that the continuous sit-at-home order in the region have crippled economic activities and allowed a spate of criminality to fester, a development they say, have the potential to devolve further, if not quickly addressed.
Speaking to newsmen immediately after the meeting, the leader of the group, Senator Abaribe said “These are the South East Senate caucus, we are here to see the minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation on an important matter to the people of the South East concerning Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and his incarceration.
“The South East Senate caucus just like the rest of the people in the South East, the business leaders, the clergy, the political people, and the rest of the people in the South East are all very worried about it knowing the fulcrum of what is happening in the South East regarding the insecurity.
“All the criminals and people going around causing mayhem in the South East have all said that it is because Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, is being held. We know that this is not the truth it’s just that we have gotten to the point where people are now hijacking a legitimate call for his release and turning it into something that has led to deaths and destruction of properties and so many other indescribable mayhems that is happening in the southeast.
“So we came to meet with the Attorney-General because we know that at the end of the day, everything that happens in the legal system will eventually come to his office so we came to appeal to him to let Mr President know that all leaders of the South East feel that the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu will help in dousing all the tension on everything that is going on in the South East and we are very certain that his duty as the Attorney-General also gives him the powers to not only prosecute but make sure that litigation don’t continue and the sufferings of the people does not continue,” Abaribe said.
He also revealed that he met with Kanu on Monday at the office of the DSS where he is being held and the IPOB leader agreed to abide by certain terms for a conditional release.
