Dele Momodu Calls for Nnamdi Kanu’s Release

Dele Momodu urges the release of IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu.
He blames long-term Igbo marginalization for renewed separatist agitation.
Momodu calls for dialogue and restructuring, not repression.

Media mogul and publisher of Ovation Magazine, Dele Momodu, has joined the growing number of prominent Nigerians calling for the release of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.

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EKO HOT BLOG reports that in a post shared on his 𝕏 (formerly Twitter) handle on Tuesday, Momodu posted a video clip of one of Kanu’s old broadcasts, describing it as “thought-provoking” and a reflection of the deep issues fuelling separatist agitation in Nigeria’s South-East region.

“Shortly before his abduction from Kenya by the Nigerian government, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu made this thought-provoking broadcast in which he philosophised about the reasons he and his supporters became radicalised,” Momodu wrote.

The veteran journalist said the Biafra struggle was a product of long-standing marginalisation and deprivation suffered by the Igbo people since the end of the civil war.

“I have taken time to listen to his critics and discovered that most of them only jumped to conclusions without properly analysing why agitation for Biafra became reignited, attractive, and fanciful after the pogrom that wasted millions of lives and destroyed unimaginable properties in the 1960s and ’70s,” he stated.

Momodu added that the continued marginalisation of the Igbo, who he described as “some of the most energetic and vibrant minds in Africa,” has rekindled the call for Biafra.

He further warned that trying to suppress or eliminate Kanu would not solve the crisis in the South-East.

“Attempts by enemies of Kanu, including his own kinsmen, to exterminate him will never solve the problem,” Momodu warned.

He urged the government to embrace dialogue and national restructuring instead of repression, stressing that productive engagement would better channel the talents of the Igbo people.

“I will never support violence. But any sensible government will keep the geniuses of the South East very busy, with productive engagements, instead of this rabid hatred,” he said.

Dele Momodu Calls for Nnamdi Kanu’s Release

Kanu, who remains in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS), faces charges of terrorism and incitement before the Federal High Court in Abuja.