Ohanaeze Ndigbo, a pan-Igbo cultural group, has urged the Federal Government to free Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), claiming that Kanu's release would be crucial to peace in the South East.
The IPOB leader was taken into custody in Kenya by the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari and handed over to Nigeria for treason.
The Sun reports that he said that not even the arrangement of 100 assistance bosses from the area by President Bola Tinubu would carry harmony and security toward the South East, such as complying with the court judgment liberating Kanu from DSS detainment in Abuja.
Prof. Charles Nwekeadu, Secretary of the Igbo Elders Consultative Forum, Iwuanyanwu's representative, stated:
“If you ask me, my advice to Mr President is that what the South East needs is security. Even if you appoint 100 service chiefs without the release of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, you will not have peace.His release is central and fundamental to peace mechanism in Igbo land. Without releasing Nnamdi Kanu there is not much the service chiefs can do. Because of leadership vacuum created over time people believe much in Nnamdi Kanu. We are pleading with the Federal Government to obey court judgment. 18-man panel unanimously of the Court of Appeal unanimously discharged and acquitted Mr Nnamdi Kanu. So, we are asking that this very government should obey the order. The moment Nnamdi Kanu is released there will be peace in Igbo land. And the Igbo will have that sense of belonging because Nnamdi Kanu is a freedom fighter. He hasn’t committed any criminal offence,”
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