The team of lawyers representing the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu said they would not oppose political solution to resolve the protracted case between the Federal Government and their client.

The lawyers, led by Kanu’s special counsel, Mr. Alloy Ejimakor, said that section 17 of the Federal High Court Act, empowered the trial judge to recommend reconciliation, otherwise referred to as a “political solution” for the resolution of such matters.

“The provision of that section is not limited to civil matters alone. So, anyone that puts the issue on the table, will consider it. A political solution makes better sense than prosecution.

“However, it is for the government to put it on the table, and then we will consider it. Having said that, we must first defend him and not play politics; right now, what is on our table is to fight for his defence.

“If they bring that option to the table and our client gives us the instruction, we will go for it,” Ejimakor told newsmen.

Citing cases of the freed Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho and social rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, Kanu’s lawyer said he was hopeful that the President Bola Tinubu-led administration would adopt a new approach to handle the matter, different from what was done by his predecessor.

“We urge President Tinubu to carefully review this case which he inherited from the past administration and see if it was not politically motivated.

“Our client did not deserve the travail and tribulations he has been forced to endure. Sometimes, we do wonder what made his case unique. People wonder if it is because of where he hails from that made his case different,” Kanu’s counsel added.

Besides, Ejimakor berated the prosecution for not granting the embattled IPOB leader the facility to adequately prepare his defence to the charge.

He alleged that the Department of State Services (DSS) has continued to either deny the defendant access to his lawyers or to monitor his private conversations. (The Nation)

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