Releasing Nnamdi Kanu will be to the advantage of the ruling party – Adeyanju

Human Rights activist, Deji Adeyanju has opined that if the embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB Nnamdi Kanu is released, it will be to the advantage of the ruling party and the People’s Democratic party, PDP

He stated that it will however be a turn of events for the Labour Party who are seeking to get a high number of their votes from the South East.

Adeyanju in a statement he shared expressed that politicians can use the release of Kanu to acquire votes from the South East.

“It will boost APC’s chances, it will boost the morale of their supporters and that would be to the advantage of the ruling party and the PDP. The only party it will affect is the labour Party who are expecting to get some significant votes from the Southeast, he said

“If the Federal Government decides to release Nnamdi Kanu, it will increase the ruling party’s chances of getting a favourable outcome in the election.

“It can be used by politicians as a campaign strategy in the Southeast, so they can have something to go home and campaign with.

“Like I have said, keeping Kanu does not add any value to the Federal Government; what value are they going to derive from keeping a man that the court has granted bail and said even his arrest is unconstitutional?

“You can’t build something on nothing in law, and you can’t give what you don’t have. The government can’t in any way prove the guilt of Kanu because they first have to return him back to where he was taken in Kenya. That is a small thing for any court to rule, because it’s extraordinary rendition, which is state capture and abduction of citizens – this is prohibited under international law, and there is no easy way out for the government.

“It will just be right for the government to release him because the next government may most likely release him.”