Dangiwa Umar, a former military governor of Kaduna state, described ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo’s letter to the Chief Clerk of Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, as timely and appropriate over the weekend.
According to The Punch, Umar also praised the former military head of state and ex-act president’s of kindness.
Obasanjo requested that Ike Ekweremadu and his wife Beatrice’s case on organ harvesting be reviewed and the couple pardoned in a letter to the UK court.
Obasanjo urged the court and the government of the United Kingdom to temper justice with mercy, urging the court to consider the couple’s sick daughter, Sonia, for whom they attempted to purchase an organ.
However, reacting Obasanjo’s letter, Umar in a statement said:
“I salute the great act of kindness and empathy by the elder statesman.
“I do not know the senator but I am convinced of his good character as attested to by President Obasanjo who has earned a reputation in the resolution of international conflicts including being a member of the Eminent Persons Group which supervised the peaceful transition from apartheid to majority rule in both South Africa and Zimbabwe”
Praying that God heals Sonia of her ailment, Umar urged the court to temper justice with mercy on its sentencing of Ike Ekweremadu, his wife and Dr Obinna.
He added:
“May God heal their daughter Sonia. May he protect and provide for the young man, Mr David Nwamini.”