Following a meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the State House, Abuja, on Friday, Abia State Governor Alex Otti announced that the release of the detained IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, might be imminent.
“I can assure you that I am engaging with Mr President. He is favourably disposed to it, and I am sure that in no distant future, Nnamdi Kanu will regain his freedom,” Otti said.
“Mr President and I have been friends for decades. Whatever he wants to do, he will tell you, and if he will not, he will say so. Having made promises, I am sure he will keep them.”
Tinubu, represented by David Umahi, Minister of Works, called on Southeast residents to remain peaceful and law-abiding.
He said: “I ask the people of the south-east to unite and come together. As your brother, I have listened to the messages for Mr President and the comments of the governor of Abia state,” he said.
“I want to assure senator Abaribe and Governor Otti that the south-east governors are working very seriously.
“They are exploring a political solution together with our senators, House of Representatives members, and ministers.
I am confident that with the love of the president for the south-east, a peaceful resolution will come to pass.
“But we must remain law-abiding and appreciative and recognise that this president has placed the south-east at the centre of national activities.”
Since his extradition from Kenya in June 2021, IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu has been held by the DSS on terrorism charges.
Calls for his release from South-East stakeholders have grown louder, fueled by his lawyers’ assertions that his health is worsening.
Nevertheless, the court has refused multiple requests for Kanu to leave DSS custody for medical care.
Persecondnews recalls that a
Federal High Court in Abuja had last week directed the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) to set up a panel of medical experts to assess the health condition of Kanu.
The panel’s findings are to be submitted to the court within eight days.
The court’s decision follows conflicting medical reports from the DSS medical team and Kanu’s private consultants.
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