A former Chief Judge of Anambra State, Prof. Peter Umeadi, says political, not judicial, approach should be applied in the case of the detained leader of the separatist Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.
The retired judge, who spoke to journalists in Abuja on Sunday, said freeing Kanu might end the insecurity plaguing the South-East
He said, “Well, the issue of insecurity in the South-East, first of all, it has been said before and I agree, for now, it is a serious matter. If it is solved, then that is good. The problem, if it is not solved, then you begin to look for another reason why it is still there.
“But for now everybody is saying it and I agree that the issue of Nnamdi Kanu should be treated as a political matter, not a legal matter. So, if he regains his freedom, perhaps that will be the end of what we are seeing in the South-East now, perhaps.”
Justice Umeadi, who was the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance in the February 25 presidential poll, said the controversy around President Bola Tinubu’s certificate from the Chicago State University had been settled, given the explanation offered by the US varsity.
He said, “On this issue about the certificate of President Tinubu from Chicago State University, I have read one affidavit from the Chicago State University, it is about six, seven paragraphs, you need to read it. To me, it settles the matter.
“All it says in essence is that Tinubu went to Chicago State University, he graduated at the time he said he did and that he was issued with a diploma. It went on to talk about whether if you want a certified copy for instance of a Diploma, why it should come with the current logo of the University, not the logo it was when he graduated and why another person could sign it, not the person who signed it in the first place.
“It made a pungent statement in that affidavit that the paper certificate served to them is not important, that what is important is that their records show that President Tinubu went to the school and that he graduated at that time. And I say to you, to me that settles the matter in President Tinubu’s favour.”
