{"id":132848,"date":"2024-10-01T20:13:47","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T19:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/nnamdi-kanu-not-convicted-doesnt-need-pardon-ejimakor-replies-ohanaeze"},"modified":"2024-10-01T21:20:50","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T20:20:50","slug":"nnamdi-kanu-not-convicted-doesnt-need-pardon-ejimakor-replies-ohanaeze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nnamdi-kanu-not-convicted-doesnt-need-pardon-ejimakor-replies-ohanaeze","title":{"rendered":"Nnamdi Kanu not convicted, doesn\u2019t need pardon \u2013 Ejimakor replies Ohanaeze"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Aloy Ejimakor, the lead counsel of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Tuesday tackled the Ohanaeze Ndigbo sociocultural organization over its call for a \u201cpardon\u201d for the Biafra agitator.<\/p>\n<p>Ejimakor said Ohanaeze can\u2019t demand for Kanu\u2019s pardon because he\u2019s not a convicted felon.<\/p>\n<p>Ohanaeze\u2019s National Vice President, Chief Damian Okeke-Ogene, had made the call while addressing journalists in Awka on Tuesday, on Nigeria\u2019s independence day.<\/p>\n<p>Okeke-Ogene said Kanu\u2019s release would restore peace, enable the identification of those perpetuating violence, and ultimately put an end to the disturbing sit-at-home practice in the southeast region.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cOur major demand in this year\u2019s Independence Day celebration is for the President to use the joy associated with the day to grant a political pardon to one of our sons and the leader of IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, from DSS detention.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Faulting his remark, Ejimakor posted on X: \u201cDear #Ohanaeze Ndigbo, it\u2019s shocking that you\u2019re asking for PARDON for someone who is NOT yet convicted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFYI, pardon is for convicted felons and it will never arise in this case because #MNK committed no crime by demanding political justice for his people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Aloy Ejimakor, the lead counsel of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Tuesday tackled the Ohanaeze Ndigbo sociocultural organization over its call for a \u201cpardon\u201d for the Biafra agitator. Ejimakor said Ohanaeze can\u2019t demand for Kanu\u2019s pardon because he\u2019s not a convicted felon. 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