Adeyanju reveals that Nnamdi Kanu’s release will boost APC chances in Southeast

An Abuja-based activist, Deji Adeyanju has said the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, would boost the All Progressives Congress, APC, chances in the 2023 presidential elections.

Former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu is the APC presidential candidate.

Track News reports that there have been clamours for the Federal Government to release Kanu following a judgement of the Court of Appeal. However, the court later granted a stay of the order.

The Court of Appeal in Abuja had declared as illegal and unlawful the abduction of Kanu from Kenya to Nigeria and quashed the entire terrorism charges brought against him by the Federal Government.

It ruled that the Federal Government breached all local and international laws in Kanu’s extraordinary rendition to Nigeria.

But the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, Abubakar Malami, had vowed that Kanu would not be released, stressing that the Federal Government would pursue other charges against Kanu.

Prior to his arrest, the IPOB leader had vowed to ensure no election was held in the Southeast until the government approved a referendum that would lead to the creation of Biafra.

With his arrest in June 2021 and continued incarceration, some Nigerians believe that releasing Kanu would jeopardise the successful conduct of the 2023 elections in the Southeast