Nnamdi Kanu’s Release: Obasanjo Meets South East Governors

Former President Obasanjo met with South East Governors to advocate for Nnamdi Kanu’s release and established a burial committee for the late Ogbonnaya Onu.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday, met with the South East Governors, who have decided to meet with President Bola Tinubu to press for the release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.

During the meeting, the governors also established a burial committee for the late Minister of Science and Technology, Ogbonnaya Onu. The committee will be headed by former Senate President Anyim Pius Anyim.

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Senator Hope Uzodinma, Chairman of the South East Governors Forum and Governor of Imo State, expressed the forum’s condolences.

“The Forum commiserates with the family of Ebonyi, Abia, Imo, and indeed the entire South East region, and the family of Ogbonnaya Onu on the demise of His Excellency Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu.”

The forum also welcomed a delegation led by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, and His Royal Majesty Igwe Alfred Nnaemeka Achebe, who came on a solidarity visit to the forum.

“The Forum deliberated on the reviewed report of the South East security and economic summit held in Owerri Imo state on the 28 September 2023 and agreed to implement the aspect of the report about security and economic integration of the South East region and affirmed its desire to put actionable plan on the key issues agreed.

“The Forum resolved to visit Mr. President to discuss all pressing issues concerning the South East region. The Forum also deliberated and resolved to interface with the Federal Government to secure the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.”

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Other members of the Ogbonnaya Onu burial committee included the former Governor of Rivers State, Chibuike Amaechi, who serves as the Secretary of the committee, and other Igbo leaders drawn from the Igbo-speaking states.

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