Igbo Leaders Beg Buhari To Release Nnamdi Kanu

• Nnamdi Kanu was first arrested in 2015 on charges bordering on terrorism, treasonable felony, managing an unlawful society, publication of defamatory matter among others

• He fled the country in 2017 after he was granted bail for medical reasons

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EKO HOT BLOG reports that Igbo leaders have appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to release the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.

They made the plea on Friday at a meeting with the President who is on a two-day visit to Ebonyi State.

The Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the South East, Reverend Father Abraham Nwali, made the plea on behalf of the South East leaders in his address at the Ebonyi State Stakeholders’ Forum held at the Government House in Abakaliki, the state capital.

“We plead for a political solution that as a father; a kind father, a forgiving father, to grant Nnamdi Kanu freedom,” he said. “We say that he should be granted pardon.

“And we call on all agitators to cease all forms of hostilities and rather demand a nation where the plights of the poor, the weak, the oppressed will be addressed.”

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But in his remarks, President Buhari did not give a response whether he would consider the request of the Igbo leaders or not.

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