Release Nnamdi Kanu to Ohanaeze, Igbo Union begs Tinubu
From Okwe Obi, Abuja
A political pressure group, the Igbo Union has called on President Bola Tinubu to release Leader of Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu to President General of Ohaneze Ndi Igbo, Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu.
President of the group, Elias Odoemena who said this in a statement on Tuesday, told President Tinubu that Kanu could be be useful to his administration in future.
According to Ofoemena, the release of Kanu would portray Present Tinubu as a President that listens to the cry of people and one who obeys court order.
Part of the statement read: “It’s sad, disheartening that Nnamdi Kanu will be in detention even when the court of competent jurisdiction has granted him bail long time ago.
“The only offence committed by Mazi Nnamdi Kanu was his continued cry against the marginalisation of his tribe, the Igbo race by the past Nigerian governments.
“It will be wrong to beat a child and ask him not to cry. It is unfortunate that instead of doing the needful and reducing the rate of hatred on the Igbos, the the immediate past government thought that suppressing Nnamdi Kanu’s cry will make him stop the cry.
“The continued detention of Nnamdi Kanu will portray the Nigerian Government before the international community as a country that has little or no regard for Court Orders and does not respect human right and this is not giving Nigerians good name a country abroad”.
Prince Odoemena thanked an elder statesman Pa Edwin Clark and many others that added their voices for the release of Nnamdi Kalu.
