Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has assured the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) that their leader, Nnamdi Kanu would be released soon.
Ohanaeze gave the assurance in a statement issued by its Secretary-General, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro.
ThisNigeria reported that some Igbo leaders paid a visit to President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday over the security situation in the South East due to Kanu’s continued detention.
Buhari promised to consider their request, adding that the implication of the request was very serious.
Reacting to the meeting, Ohanaeze thanked President Buhari for holding the meeting with the South-East leaders.
The statement read “Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has commended President Buhari for initiating a dialogue with neutral Igbo leaders led by Pa Mbazulike Amaechi without any southeast politicians usual manipulative infusions.
“Igbo politicians are the major problem in the southeast. The process for the release of Nnamdi Kanu has begun with the closed-door meeting of Buhari and Igbo leaders held today (Friday) at Abuja. We hope that FG will be sincere enough to keep their side of the bargain and shouldn’t be listening to the deceitful tales of the southeast politicians.
“IPOB should channel their antagonism on the southeast politicians that have squandered the people’s resources from 1999 to date. IPOB should conduct forensic scrutiny on the financial recklessness of former southeast Governors, former federal lawmakers, and others who have received allocation and constituency funds since 1999 to date, and if IPOB tackles southeast politicians, they will sit up and render their stewardship to the people. We must hold our leaders accountable, as they constitute the major problem in the southeast. IPOB should face southeast political leaders before tackling Buhari.
“Attempts to assassinate Nnamdi Kanu will end up Nigeria and the Federal Government knows the consequences of hurting a British citizen in their custody, such stories of assassination attempts is a ruse and will likely lead to creating disaffection to the already sealed deal between FG and neutral Igbo leaders to subtle put procedures for the release of Nnamdi Kanu.
“Southeast political leaders should face the consequences of their leadership failure in the south over the years. IPOB should query where there are no available hospitals, schools in the rural areas of the southeast, this is the new narrative to move and it will make southeast political leaders face developmental projects rather than siphoning the wealth of the people”.
