Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Charles Soludo has called on the Federal Government to release the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, in order to achieve peace in the South East.
Soludo, who made the
demand during the APGA Campaign kick-off in Awka on Saturday, appealed to the
Federal Government to release Kanu unconditionally.
He stated that if the
detained IPOB leader cannot be released unconditionally, he should be released
to him, saying he is ready to stand surety for him.
“I am making a
passionate appeal to the Federal Government to release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu
unconditionally. If he cannot be released unconditionally, i want him released
to me and i will stand surety for him.
“We need Nnamdi Kanu in the roundtable
conversation to discuss the insecurity in the South East. We must end
insecurity in the South East and we need Nnamdi Kanu to be around.”
Governor Soludo promised
to cater for Kanu and offered to bring him to the authorities any time he is
required.
The embattled IPOB leader was brought back to Nigeria by
security forces in June 2021. He has since been in the custody of the
Department of State Services (DSS) and is facing terrorism-related charges
preferred against him by the Federal Government before Justice Binta Nyako of
the Federal High Court in Abuja.
On October 13, 2022, a
Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja acquitted and discharged him from terrorism
charges but the Federal Government appealed the decision and the court granted
the government’s request to stop the execution of the judgment.
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