Former President, Goodluck Jonathan, and the ex-presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, have met to discuss continuous detention of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Nnamdi Kanu, over alleged treason and other allegations.
This came barely 24 hours after former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, endorsed the campaign led by Sowore, requesting that the Federal Government does not stand against the IPOB leader’s release.
They met on Friday in Abuja with both personalities reiterating that there was need to release him from detention as stipulated by law.
The meeting was disclosed by Sowore, who claimed that Jonathan had promised to engage President Bola Tinubu on the need to grant Kanu bail.
According to him, “Earlier today in Abuja, I met with former President Goodluck Jonathan to discuss the continued incarceration of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
“President Jonathan agreed that there is an urgent and compelling need to address this matter decisively and justly. I thank him sincerely for recognizing the importance of resolving Kanu’s case in the interest of peace, fairness, and national healing. Particularly assuring was that he promised to meet with Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to discuss this issue as soon as possible.
“With this, former President Jonathan joins a growing list of Nigerians who have called for justice in Nnamdi Kanu’s case, a list that already includes ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Femi Falana, Senator Shehu Sani, and many others across political and regional divides.
“Mazi Nnamdi Kanu remains in detention today because he took up the just cause of confronting the long-standing issue of marginalization in Nigeria. Like other ethnic and regional activists whose politically motivated cases have been withdrawn or dismissed, Nnamdi Kanu should also be released without further delay.
“I once again call on all political, cultural, ethnic, and religious leaders across Nigeria to join this noble cause. In particular, I invite my brothers and sisters from the South East Mr. Peter Obi, Charles Chukwuma Soludo, ALEX C OTTI, Francis Nwifuru, Peter Mbah, Hope Uzodinma, Obiageli Ezekwesili, John Mbata of Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide as well as Nigerians of conscience everywhere, to lend their voices to the call for justice and freedom.
“Nnamdi Kanu should be set free. And I remain firmly committed to peacefully mobilizing for justice and freedom in this matter”.
