Kanu’s Detention Undermines Peace, Security, Abia Royal Fathers Tell Buhari

22 Feb 2016

 Leader of IPOB, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu

As the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, continues to languish in detention, traditional rulers in Abia state have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to release him, saying that his continued detention was undermining peace and security in the land.

The royal fathers made the call at the weekend during a town hall meeting with the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Solomon Arase, who was on a working visit to Abia state during which he received 20 patrol cars donated to the state police command by Abia state governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu.

Speaking on behalf of the Abia state Council of Traditional Rulers, Eze Phillip Ajomiwe told the IGP that he should convey their message to the President that Abia royal fathers want the detained man to be released unconditionally in order to promote peace and security in the land.

"Tell Mr. President to release our son, Nnamdi Kanu," he said, adding that President Buhari has not properly addressed the issue of IPOB and the Movement for Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB).

The pro-Biafra groups have been staging protests in across South East and South South over the detention of the director of Radio Biafra thereby disturbing the peace and economic activities of the zones with the resultant casualties on members of the pro-Biafra agitators gunned down by security agencies.

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