Bianca raises hope Tinubu will free Nnamdi Kanu to restore peace in South-East

Bianca raises hope Tinubu will free Nnamdi Kanu to restore peace in South-East

The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Bianca Ojukwu, is optimistic President Bola Tinubu’s government will release the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.

Kanu in the SSS custody since 2021 is being tried for alleged treason.

Mrs Ojukwu said that the release of Kanu would help to ensure the total restoration of peace in the South-East. According to her, if Mr Kanu is released, the region’s development will be fast-tracked.

The wife of the late Odumegwu Ojukwu made the call at her husband’s memorial on Tuesday in Owerri.

She advised the people of the South-East to look inwards and appraise the Igbo race that made them who they are.

“In the olden days, we had Igbo unions in places like Kano, Lagos and Kaduna, among others, where people discussed matters affecting them and why they must unite.

“Today, we are celebrating Ojukwu, our uncommon man, a man who stood for peace and equality for every person,” she said.

Mrs Ojukwu expressed dissatisfaction that the peaceful atmosphere which Igboland was known for was no longer obtained in the region.

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“There are so many killings, unrest and kidnappings going on today in the region, which is not how it used to be,” Ms Ojukwu said.

She regretted that many people from the region could not go home again to bury their dead or give their children out to marriage due to the spate of unrest and insecurity.

Mrs Ojukwu urged the people perpetrating the evil acts to desist from it and embrace peace. She pointed out that some of the perpetrators were from the region and urged them to allow peace to reign.

She condemned the act of killing people in the region “in the name of a sit-at-home directive from non-state actors.”

“Many people from the South-East have left the region for other cities like Lagos and other places due to the spate of insecurity in the area.

“I was sad when an Igbo person in the US told me that they are making donations in America to buy burial grounds to bury their dead relations as insecurity in the region doesn’t allow them to do that at home,” the minister stated.

The event organiser, Raph Uwazuruike, also urged the Tinubu’s government to release the IPOB leader.

Uwazuruike, the leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, stressed that Kanu’s release would help the region experience peace again.

He said the memorial service was to commemorate Ojukwu’s legacies, adding that “all the good things he stood for would not be forgotten.”

 

Bianca raises hope Tinubu will free Nnamdi Kanu to restore peace in South-East

(NAN)