Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has renewed its appeal to the federal government to release Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), who has been in detention for four years.
In a statement issued on Friday in Enugu, the group's National Publicity Secretary, Ezechi Chukwu, urged President Bola Tinubu to exercise his constitutional powers and utilize diplomatic instruments to secure Kanu's release in the spirit of "equity, fairness and inclusive justice."
Four Years of Controversial Detention
Chukwu highlighted that it has been exactly four years since Kanu's arrest in Kenya and his subsequent extradition to Nigeria. The Ohanaeze spokesman questioned the rationale behind Kanu's prolonged detention without justice.
"The question of Nnamdi Kanu's continued detention poses a moral burden on the corporate integrity of the Nigerian judicial system," Chukwu stated. "Since his process of extradition from Kenya is unlawful and the basis for his arraignment questionable, one wonders the rational for detaining Kanu for four years without justice."
This appeal comes amid recent developments, including a Kenyan High Court ruling that declared Kanu's rendition to Nigeria illegal and unlawful, a decision that IPOB has reportedly hailed as a "judicial earthquake."
The Ohanaeze statement also follows other recent communications from the group to the Tinubu administration, including warnings about insecurity and hunger potentially affecting the President's political future in 2027.
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