‘Forget second term if Kanu remains in detention till 2027’, Igbo group tells S’East govs

An Igbo group under the aegis of Concerned Igbo Ministers (CIM) has warned governors in the South East to perish thoughts of a second tenure in 2027 if the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu is still in detention by the next election cycle.

The group which gave the warning in an open letter to the South East governors on Thursday, accused them of not doing enough to secure Kanu’s release despite making it a campaign issue prior to the 2023 elections.

The CIM letter which was signed by the President General/ International Coordinator, Rev. Tony Uzo Anthony; and Secretary General, Apostle Tony Osuji, also expressed its disappointment that Igbo leaders could not raise Kanu’s matter before President Ahmed Bola Tinubu during his recent visit to Enugu, as well as what it described as the reluctance of the president to release the Biafran agitator.

The CIM also accused President Tinubu of playing politics with Kanu’s continued incarceration and wondered why it wa taking him long to honour his promise during the campaigns to release Kanu if elected president.

“It is now evident that Mr. President and the South Eastern Governors took an oath not to free Mazi Nnamdi Kanu,” part of the letter reads.

“Last week, Prince Emmanuel Kanu, the younger brother to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu revealed their deal with Seyi Tinubu, the president’s son, with the approval of his father, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Kanu’s continued detention is an outright humiliation to Ndigbo.

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“During his campaign in Imo State, the President promised that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu would be liberated during his presidency, but nothing has happened in nearly two years now.

“Sad enough, no South Eastern Governor confronted Mr President during his tour to the region about Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s infamous and illegal detention.

“It is now evident to everyone that our South Eastern Governors are the true source of insecurity in the South East, otherwise they should have pressed for the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who has a lasting solution to the insecurities in the region.

“Mr President being misled by the South Eastern Governors is on a path that can ruin his name and political ambitions in the region.

“God would appear in his time to expose the actions of the South Eastern Governors who in one way or the other benefited from Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s unlawful incarceration.

“We, as a group, are now urging all religious leaders to begin raising questions about Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who is yet to be released.

“The utmost hypocrisy of Igbo politicians is to use the media to fool our people with frivolous promises that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu will be released. They have all failed Ndi Igbo and should not be re-elected should they continue to fool us and politicize Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s release. If Kanu is still in detention by 2027, all the Governors in the South East should forget reelection,” the CIM vowed.

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