The Igbo socio-political organization Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has renewed its call for the release of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, saying it a minimal demand of Ndigbo as a great contributor of the Nigerian project.
Mr Kanu was sentenced to life imprisonment last year following this conviction by the federal high court on allegations brought against him by the federal government. He is currently serving his sentence at a Sokoto Correctional Centre.
While appealing to President Bola Tinubu, President General of the group, John Azuta -Mbata, on Thursday said the continued incarceration of the IPOB leader was a source of pain to Ndigbo, stressing that “no Igboman is happy about the situation”.
Azuta-Mbata recalled that the release of Kanu was a collective demand by the organisation at its Enugu meeting last year.
Speaking during the Imeobi Ohanaeze/General meeting held at the secretariat of Ohanaeze Ndigbo in Enugu, Azuta-Mbata said he had made it clear to the Federal Government that Kanu’s imprisonment means putting the entire Igboland in jail.
He stressed that no Igbo man is happy that Kanu is incarcerated.
He called on the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led administration to release Kanu, describing it as “the minimal demand of Ndigbo”, while cautioning Igbo leaders against misleading the Federal Government on the mood of the region.
