Hours after sentencing of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra ( IPOB) , Nnamdi Kanu to life imprisonment by  a Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday ,  Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe ( Abia South) , bemoaned his conviction .

Abaribe in a statement signed by his Media Adviser , Uche Awom ,said the outcome of Kanu’s trial was foretold and not surprising .

The  Senator said that the  life jail handed down to Kanu was a preconceived plot that is not surprising to the Igbo nation and other right thinking Nigerians.

Abaribe said that at the time the federal government refused to factor in pleadings to extend the amnesty to Nnamdi Kanu as done to some others, we knew that today’s outcome was imminent.’

“Is it not an irony that negotiations and peace deals with rampaging terrorists in the North East, North West were gleefully initiated  by the Local government, States and Federal Government just like the amnesty to ex-militants in the South South, who were rewarded with lucrative oil pipeline contracts. This is to say that justice in Nigeria is not for the South East”, Abaribe further said.

“So we are not surprised, our people can only endure and hope for a time justice in Nigeria would become the sine qua non.

” We have done our best , we have variously made the case for the authorities to be circumspect and at least accede to pardon for the sake of unity and inclusiveness.”, Abaribe said.

He nonetheless declared that the Igbo nation is now left with no other option than to place her fate in this matter squarely on the desk of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

“We ask the Igbo nation and other lovers of Nigeria to remain calm, pray and not take the law into their hands.

“May Nigeria succeed, thrive and advance in Justice, Equity and Fairness”, he added .