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Former Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe, has bemoaned the conviction and sentencing of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) for terrorism, saying that the outcome was foretold and not surprising.

Reacting through a statement by his Media Adviser, Uchenna Awom, the Senator said that the life jail handed down to Kanu was a preconceived plot that is not surprising to the Igbo nation and other right thinking Nigerians.

Abaribe said that at the time the Federal Government refused to factor in pleadings to extend the amnesty to Nnamdi Kanu as done to some others, we knew that today’s outcome was imminent.’

“Is it not an irony that negotiations and peace deals with rampaging terrorists in the North East, North West were gleefully initiated by the Local government, States and Federal Government just like the amnesty to ex-militants in the South South, who were rewarded with lucrative oil pipeline contracts. This is to say that justice in Nigeria is not for the South East”, Abaribe said.

So we are not surprised, our people can only endure and hope for a time justice in Nigeria would become the sine qua non. We have done our best , we have variously made the case for the authorities to be circumspect and at least accede to pardon for the sake of unity and inclusiveness,” the lawmaker said.

Senator Abaribe nonetheless declared that the Igbo nation is now left with no other option than to place her fate in this matter squarely on the desk of President Bola Tinubu.

“We ask the Igbo nation and other lovers of Nigeria to remain calm, pray and not take the law into their hands.

“May Nigeria succeed, thrive and advance in Justice, Equity and Fairness”, Abaribe added.

thesicilian:
When they loose on intellectual grounds, they start appealing to tribal sentiments.

thesicilian:
When they loose on intellectual grounds, they start appealing to tribal sentiments.

Lanretoye:
You don’t know law!!!,you don’t know law!!!…

thesicilian:
When they loose on intellectual grounds, they start appealing to tribal sentiments.

FreeStuffsNG:
He has been in government since 1999 as Deputy Governor to HE OUK.

Go to his community in Abia State and check his awful record in public service first then come back and read his hypocrisy.

He is part of the people who turned the convict into a monster who devours his own people.

Even BBC reported that the South-East sighed with relief.

The revelation with incontrovertible facts beyond reasonable doubt that prove the terrorist Kanu's terrorism crime led to wanton death of innocent people and destruction of properties, mostly suffered by his own Igbo people, was particularly too sobering for the South-East yesterday. It's like #metoo movement again as many yesterday were jolted back to reality of remembering the loss of their loved ones and properties to his terrorist attacks.

If Nnamdi Kanu was not convicted openly yesterday with incontrovertible facts beyond every reasonable doubt that disgraced even those who joined him to dance on the graves of his own people who were largely his victims, another generation of liars would have packaged all his mental case lies and fed it to another generation in the South-East who would later grow up with hatred and bitterness for other Nigerians, especially the Yoruba and Fulani.


The macabre dance of shame on the graves of his victims has ended.

It is clearly evident that the hand of God is on Nigeria for blessing us with such a God-fearing Judge like Justice James Omotosho. He was above board.

shortgun:
What the senator is saying is simple.
Extend this same energy to terrorists and bandits

Morenikeji090:
Even yourself don’t have sense at all… upon all the bad doings Kanu or kalu waiting una they call am did wrong una still Dey support bad egg… even if they want to help him out can’t you see the way the boy is behaving in the court of law. Even with his characters it shows how badly the boy man is. I love the jail term given to him next time he won’t be running is mouth and disrespecting our court room again he will learn in the hard way.. he should go inside prison and see the difference btw freedom and no freedom life..

John4B:
No be ur fault... English no be ur mate.

FreeStuffsNG:
It's not simple. He didn’t secure his people when he was in government and as a Senator, he was supporting a terrorist who killed his own people. He should cover his eyes in shame. I am no longer surprised to know why since 1999 he has been the one representing his people. Show me your friend and I will tell you who you are.

With irresponsible hypocrisy from him that is insensitive to the families and families of victims killed by the terrorism of Kanu as stated in the judgment, FG will soon appeal the judgment and demand for death sentence.

madridguy:
Said a failed senator, who has no single meaningful project to his name rather than wearing Biafra clothes during election to deceive his gullible supporters.

trutharena:
Abaribe is making sense.