From Okey Sampson, Umuahia
Founder and Spiritual Director of Zion Prayer Movement Outreach (ZPMO), Evangelist Chukwuemeka Obi, has said that the release of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, is a panacea for peace in the South East.
The cleric, who stated this during his ministration, appealed to South East Governors, Ohanaeze Ndigbo and the Igbo elite, to prioritize Kanu’s release.
Obi advised the Igbo leaders to engage the Federal Government on how the IPOB leader would be released.
His words: “We cannot continue to pretend. All is not well. South East is now like a war zone. All our youths have run away because of insecurity.
“I lift up my hands and beg the South East Governors, Ohanaeze Ndigbo and Igbo leaders to go and plead with the Federal Government to release Nnamdi Kanu. I beg for Kanu’s release because I believe only that can bring peace to Igbo land.”
The cleric further lamented the destruction of the South East economy following the incessant sit-at-home protests as a result of Kanu’s continued detention.
“Ndigbo usually go home during Christmas but now everybody is afraid of visiting Igbo land. Igbo leaders should know that if things continue this way, very soon, we will have no place to call home.
“The only thing I know is that if the release of Nnamdi Kanu happens now, tension will go down and peace will return to South East. I, therefore, beg the Federal Government, to please release him for the sake of peace in the zone,” he said.