… Iwuanyanwu: Elders’ forum urges Tinubu to release him as condolence gift to Igbo

From Ndubuisi Orji, Abuja

The Igbo Elders’ Consultative Forum,  yesterday, implored President Bola Tinubu to release detained Nnamdi Kanu as a condolence gift to Igbo over  the death of former President General, Ohaneze Ndigbo, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu.

The Igbo elders made the demand during a condolence visit to the late Chief Iwuanyanwu family by the Ohaneze Ndigbo in the United States chapter.

Chairman, Igbo Elders’ Consultative Forum, Chief Simon Okeke, who spoke on behalf of the elder statesmen, recalled that Chief Iwuanyanwu’s last visit  to Abuja was to the facilities of the Department of State Services (DSS) to see  Kanu.

Therefore, Okeke urged President Tinubu to listen to the voice of the people and release Kanu to douse the tension and insecurity in the South East. “Tinubu should listen to the voice of the dead and release Kanu.”

The Igbo leader, while extolling the achievements of Iwuanyanwu as Ohanaeze president general, thanked  the Ohaneze Ndigbo US chapter for commiserating with Iwuanyanwu family, as well as promoting Igbo culture in America.

President of Ohaneze in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia (DMV), and leader of the delegation, Dr. Hyacinth Nwachukwu, stated that the chapter has written two letters to President Tinubu and to the Senate for Kanu’s release.

Nwachukwu, who noted that late Iwuanyanwu gave Ndigbo in America a sense of belonging, pointed that the IPOB leader’s release is a “burning issue not only at home but in the diaspora.”

He added that releasing Kanu will go  a long way in addressing the security challenges currently bedeviling the South East, in the overall benefit of the country.