Don’t jubilate over Nnamdi Kanu’s conviction – Lawyer Idam to Nigerians

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The conviction of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, or IPOB, has been called a vengeful kind of justice by activist lawyer Maduabuchi Idam.

According to Idam, Kanu’s conviction might come back to haunt Nigeria.

Idam warned Nigerians in a statement he signed not to celebrate the conviction because it does not reflect the kind of justice that is required.

He said: “The conviction of Mr. Nnamdi Kanu represents a vindictive form of justice, one that may linger like the Ghost of King Hamlet to haunt the Nigerian conscience, if not now, then in the future.

“A nation cannot joyfully engage in negotiations and the payment of ransom to bandits, terrorists, and kidnappers, only to wake up one morning wielding a sledgehammer against a man, simply for being radical in his preachings against oppression and suppression.

“No Nigerian should jubilate over such a judgment. It does not represent the kind of justice we seek. A law that has long remained cold and weak cannot suddenly become active overnight simply because it is being experimented on a man from the southeast.

“Even the prodigal son was embraced and clothed in the finest garments by his father when he returned home, as taught in the Bible. Why then have the Igbo people not been similarly embraced, even 55 years after the war ended in 1970?

“If this is the justice Nigerian state needs to remain united then, the unity has to be questioned.”

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