Fayose Begs Buhari To Grant Kanu, Dasuki, Others Unconditional Release
Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti state has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to grant unconditional release to the former National Security Adviser (NSA) to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Sambo Dasuki, and the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.
Fayose in a statement issued in Ado-Ekiti yesterday by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Idowu Adelowu admonished Buhari to reciprocate the mercy of God upon his life by also showering mercy on his fellow citizens.
He also cautioned him against turning back the hands of the country’s clock.
“While you were away, peace returned to the Niger Delta, impacting positively on crude oil production and sales. The economy also improved with the appreciation of the Naira. Now that you are back, it will not be right to put the country on the reverse gear again through some pig-headed policies and truculent, militarist posturing.
“You have received the mercy and favour of God. You have come back from medical vacation alive. By what people had said and by your own account, it is the mercy and favour of God that have seen you through as well as the prayers of everyone.
“It is incumbent on you to now also show mercy. I advise you to show mercy to Nnamdi Kanu and Sambo Dasuki and such other Nigerians that are suffering unjust, punitive, illegal, and unconstitutional incarceration under your directive or administration.
“Allow all those who have been granted bail by the court to enjoy their bail while their trial continues. This is the right, just, and merciful thing to do. To continue to disdain the court is reckless and unconstitutional. Moreover, it is a sin and it is oppressive.
“God is not happy at the oppression of the poor by the rich and of the weak by the strong. Those of us in authority must not use our God-given powers to oppress the citizens placed under our charge. Only righteousness exalts a nation, Sin is a reproach and God is continually angry with the wicked. It is wickedness to refuse to obey court orders and trample upon the constitutional and God-given, fundamental human rights of citizens”, he said.
Fayose added that for God to continue to hear and answer the prayers of teeming Nigerians for Buhari’s quick and complete recovery, he, too, must show himself merciful.
“In the spirit of Nigerians praying for your full and quick recovery, please show mercy. What will it cost you to show mercy to these people who deserve it? What have they done that other people have not done and yet, those people have been shown mercy?
“Bitterness and vindictiveness are corrosive; they are like poison in the system of those who harbour them. If we do not forgive, we ourselves will not get forgiveness. If we do not pardon, we will not get pardon. President Buhari should forgive so that Nigeria can move forward.
Fayose then condemned some Igbo leaders who he said were playing politics with Kanu’s matter, adding that the continued incarceration of Kanu by the Buhari administration can be interpreted to mean hatred for the Igbo as a people.
He then advised the president to maintain the upbeat tempo of governance that he met on his return from London as well as the peace that pervaded the entire country.