Nigeria: 44 Nigerian Lawmakers Write Tinubu, Urge Release of IPOB’s Nnamdi Kanu

The legislators asked the president to “as soon as practicable” direct the AGF to invoke his constitutional powers by discontinuing Mr Kanu’s ongoing prosecution, noting that such a step would pave the way for an inclusive roundtable capable of producing a lasting and just political settlement.

A coalition of 44 serving members of the House of Representatives has written to President Bola Tinubu, urging him to exercise his constitutional authority to release the detained leader of the Indigenous…