By John Alechenu, Abuja
The 2023 Presidential candidate of the Labour Celebration (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, has described the arrest, detention and eventual conviction of the chief of the Indigenous individuals of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu as unlucky.
He mentioned the method represents a failure of management and was able to highlighting tensions somewhat than reducing it.
Obi mentioned this in an announcement titled: Kanu’s Conviction: Obi Requires Dialogue, Therapeutic Over Hostility*, signed by his Media Aide, Ibrahim Umar, on Saturday.
Umar quoted his principal as saying the information of Kanu’s conviction ought to compel each well-meaning Nigerian to pause and mirror, particularly “at a time like this,” when the nation is grappling with extreme financial hardship, escalating insecurity, and the results of extended poor governance.
Obi, he mentioned, reiterated his long-held place that Kanu mustn’t have been arrested within the first place, noting that his arrest, detention, and now conviction signify a failure of management and a misreading of the actual points at stake.
In keeping with him, the considerations Kanu raised had been neither remarkable nor insoluble, and required knowledge, empathy, and real engagement.
He maintained that in useful societies, official grievances are addressed by way of dialogue, reforms, and inclusive governance—instruments he believes weren’t sufficiently explored by the federal government. “Coercion turns into vital solely when motive has been exhausted. On this case, motive was not absolutely explored, if in any respect”.
Whereas acknowledging that some could argue that “the regulation has taken its course,” Obi insisted that management typically calls for greater than the inflexible utility of authorized processes.
He cited international examples the place nations undertake political options, negotiated settlements, and even amnesty when authorized outcomes alone threaten nationwide stability. Nigeria, he mentioned, shouldn’t be an exception.
Obi additionally likened the federal government’s dealing with of the matter to “a person trapped in a gap who continues digging as an alternative of in search of a manner out,” warning that such an strategy solely deepens distrust and compounds the nation’s already troublesome situation.
Calling for calm, Obi urged the Presidency, the Council of State, and revered statesmen to rise to the event and work in the direction of sustainable peace. He emphasised the necessity for therapeutic over hostility, reconciliation over retaliation, and dialogue over division.
Obi concluded by expressing optimism that, in the long run, peace and reconciliation will prevail, offered Nigeria chooses the trail of justice, equity, and compassion.
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