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Southeastern governors have been urged by the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) to set aside political differences and work towards a unified approach to secure the release of Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra.
In a video that has gone viral, Ralph Uwazuruike, the founder of MASSOB and a leading figure in the Biafran independence movement, lambasted southeastern governors and senators for exploiting Nnamdi Kanu’s detention for political capital.
Nnamdi Kanu has languished in the custody of Nigeria’s secret police since his controversial extradition from Kenya in June 2021.
Ralph Uwazuruike, in his critique of southeastern politicians, noted that even President Bola Tinubu’s authority has limits, requiring consultation with the National Security Adviser before ordering Nnamdi Kanu’s release.
In a statement also made available to journalists on Saturday and signed by the group’s Director of Information, Chris Mocha, Uwazuruike said, “It was not the Attorney General of the Federation, who is a Federal Government lawyer or the President, who is the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces that is holding Kanu, but the security chiefs.
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“Rather than meet the service chiefs, including the Inspector General of Police, Chief of Naval Staff, Chief of Air Staff, and Chief of Defence Staff, the approach being taken by the governors and senators from the zone is faulty.”
Uwazuruike advised the governors of the region to meet the NSA with a convincing security report on why Kanu needs to be freed, stressing that once this is done, the IPOB leader would certainly be released the next day.
He stated that rather than meeting the National Security Adviser, who usually advises the President based on his available security report from South East, the governors and senators were busy “hobnobbing in Abuja taking photographs and claiming to be working for his possible release without following the proper procedures”.
