A well known elder from the south-east, Mbazulike Amaechi has asked the federal government to give Mazi Nnamdi Kanu a chance to defend him self.

Mbazulike Amaechi, in an interview on Tuesday, said Mazi Kanu should be free until a court of capable authority finds him at fault.

He said, “My advice is that the federal government should be very careful about how to handle Nnamdi Kanu, and how to handle his case.

“First of all, they should not detain him for no reason. They take him to court, file a lawsuit, and if he is found guilty, the law will determine what to do with him.

“But the authorities must not harm or detain him until he is released from prison; because he is a human being. He must be given the opportunity to have a lawyer to represent him.

Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the remand of IPOB leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu in the custody of the DSS until July 26, as reported.

Further more, Mbazulike Amaechi, a First Republic Aviation Minister, insisted that the IPOB leader had committed no crime.

The foremost nationalist urged the government to ensure that Kanu gets a fair trial.

“Nnamdi Kanu has not committed any offence and if anybody thinks that he has committed any offence, let him be taken to court and be given a fair trial. Nobody, I say it again, nobody should beat or maltreat him, otherwise Ndigbo will react.

“This is the time Ndigbo should react to what the Federal Government is doing to him. What is the Federal Government doing to the people in the North who are killing people and sacking them from their communities and all over Nigeria?,” Vanguard quoted him as saying.

Kanu was arrested on Sunday and repatriated to Nigeria to continue the criminal trial against him.

He was brought before Justice Binta Nyako-led Federal High Court yesterday for his trial.

Justice Nyako adjourned the matter, while ordering his remand in the custody of the Department of State Services, DSS.