The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), who’s standing trial on charges bordering on treasonable felony and terrorism before the Federal High Court, Abuja,Maxi Nnamdi Kanu has written an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari.
The letter was written through his lawyer, dated October 3, 2022, Mike Ozekhome (SAN), one of Kanu’s lawyers, seeking a ‘political solution’ to his client’s travails.“The petition is to humbly urge you to order the immediate release of Nnamdi Kanu through a more productive political solution.You can do this by instructing the Honourable Attorney General of the Federation to wiled his powers under Section 174 of the 1999 Constitution to enter a nolle prosequi.“This will immediately halt the present restlessness and sits-at-home mantra currently ravaging the South East and paralysing business and normal life. Thank you, sir, as you attend to this lengthy petition promptly and right the current wrongs against Nnamdi Kanu by ordering his immediate and unconditional release.” the letter partly reads.
Mazi Kanu got arrested in Kenya, June 2021 and has been in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) in Abuja. 
