Nnamdi Kanu to Celebrates Christmas in Igbo Biafraland as Buhari List 1001 reasons for releasing the Ipob Leader on Christmas Day
Nnamdi Kanu to Celebrates Christmas in Igbo Biafraland as Buhari List 1001 reasons for releasing Ipob Leader on Christmas Day
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has warned President Muhammadu Buhari that if he does not keep his firm commitment and release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the now-proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), his integrity and credibility will be jeopardized.
HURIWA told President
Buhari that it would be dispiriting if he failed to keep his promise when
challenged with an irrefutable appeal for the release of detained Kanu.
President Buhari,
according to the group, expressed the greatest optimism to a delegation from
the South East led by First Republic Minister of Aviation, Chief Mbazulike
Amaechi, who visited him in Abuja to intervene directly for the leader of the
secessionist group.
Recalled that President
Buhari said that while he would consider the request for the IPOB leader's
unconditional release, it is a difficult demand to make, especially since the
case was in court.
HURIWA asked President
Buhari to give the South East a happy Christmas present by releasing the
detained Kanu before Christmas, according to a statement released by the
National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, and the National Director of
Media, Miss Zainab Yusuf.
According to HURIWA, the
release of IPOB's detained leader will usher in a period of retrospection and
deliberations for a lasting peace to reign in Nigeria's South East and the
country at large.
“People watched President Muhammadu Buhari from
all over the World discussing with reputable traditional, non partisan and
spiritual leaders of Igboland who visited him to plead for the release of Mazi
Nnamdi Kanu and the President accepted to consider the request.
“But many weeks after, the Prisoner of
conscience detained for canvassing for peaceful self determination has not been
released. In the Spirit of Christmas we urge President Muhammadu Buhari to
release the IPOB leader and to integrate the Igbo speaking population into the
top positions in the internal security architecture of the Country to restore a
sense of belonging “.
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