Appeal on the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and going ahead to appeal the ruling at the Supreme Court amounted to a legal sacrilege.
The rights group said this is because the President is aware of the probable explosive security implication for Ndigbo of the continuous illegal detention of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu but did not budge but damned the consequences on purpose, hoping that civil unrest or riotous protests will break out in the South East so soldiers will be drafted to have an incredible excuse to kill off Igbo youths.
But the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, in a late Thursday statement by his spokesperson, Umar Gwandu, argued the Court of Appeal only discharged Mr. Kanu and did not acquit him. He indicated that the government would not release Mr Kanu despite the court ruling.
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