S’East cleric, monarchs meet for Kanu’s release

The push to get President Bola Tinubu to release the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has intensified in recent times with the visit of traditional rulers and archbishops of South East extraction to him in his detention facility.

Speaking with Sunday PUNCH on Friday, Kanu’s lead counsel, Aloy Ejimako, said the visit which was shrouded in secrecy was at the instance of the region’s governors who had been interfacing with the Federal Government to release Kanu from detention.

He said the meeting was aimed at convincing the detained Biafran agitator to agree to the stringent conditions reeled out by the Federal Government for his release.

Ejimako added that the emissaries were expected to meet with state governors of the region to present details of their meeting with Kanu to them in the days ahead.

The governors are in turn, expected to meet with Tinubu at a later date to present Kanu’s position as received from the emissaries for possible adoption and implementation.

Ejimako said, “With particular reference to the intervention of South-East governors, myself and three high delegates from the Joint Body of Southeast Archbishops and Traditional Rulers met with Mazi Nnamdi Kanu yesterday at the DSS for over two hours.

“The delegation comprised of Archbishop Chibuzor Opoko, Archbishop David Onuoha, and Dr Uju Agomoh. The meeting was highly fruitful because it’s this body that is interfacing with SE governors on the matter of freeing Kanu and other issues pertinent to it.

“So, sequel to this meeting, the body, which is headed by His Royal Majesty, Dr Nnaemeka Achebe (Obi of Onitsha) will revert to South East governors with what Nnamdi Kanu had said to them. It’s from that point that a meeting between President Tinubu and South East governors is expected to materialise.”

Ejimako explained that his public crusade against the continued detention and trial of Kanu was driven by the standing judicial pronouncements and legal principles against his rendition, detention, and trial.

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