Aloy Ejimakor, the legal counsel to the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has asked outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari to release the separatist leader currently in detention to “prove that his apologies to Nigerians” were genuine.
“Prove that your apology is genuine by freeing Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and all detained on account of self-determination,” Mr Ejimakor tweeted at the weekend.
His tweet came after Mr Buhari, who would be handing over the reins of power on May 29 to a new government, begged many Nigerians for forgiveness.
The outgoing President had on Friday, during the Eid-el-Fitr, asked Nigerians to forgive him in any way he has hurt them.
“We are all humans, if I have hurt some people along the line of my service to the country, I ask that they pardon me,” Mr Buhari, who is expected to hand over to Bola Tinubu, declared winner of the February 25 poll, pleaded with over 200 million Nigerians, at a dinner shortly after the…
