No political solution for Sunday Igboho, Nnamdi Kanu – Nigerian government insists on court trial

The Nigerian government has said that there is no political solution for Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, as well as Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra. 

Speaking for the government, the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, stated that there was no possibility of a political solution in his (Igboho’s) case, adding that the same principle applied to Nnamdi Kanu. 

The AGF spoke on Monday night on the Channels Television programme.

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He ruled out any federal government intervention in the trial of the Independent Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) leader Kanu and Yoruba Nation agitator Igboho.

Kanu is facing trumped-up treasonable felony charges in Abuja while Igboho is being detained by the Republic of Benin authorities over alleged illegal possession of travel documents and entering their country illegally. 

Malami said, “In the cases of Sunday Igboho and Nnamdi Kanu, there is no political solution as they are both facing trials. Igboho – in a foreign land that has its own laws and strategies for delivering justice.

“We can only bring Sunday Igboho back to Nigeria after the conclusion of his trial in the foreign nation. So, there is no possibility of the political solution now in his case. The same thing applies to Kanu Nnamdi, whose case is the court is going on naturally.”