A church in Imo state has urged the Federal Government to release the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, News About Nigeria reports.
According to the church, the release of Kanu will help restore the good things of Imo state.
In the press conference that was held in Owerri on the 31st of October, the General Overseers of Charismatic Renewal Moment, Pastor Cosmos Ilechukwu, urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to grant their call in order to make the southerners happy.
He said, “As part of the strategic measures to ensure adequate security in the South East, the Federal Government is advised to see the need to, immediately, release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu before the November 11th electoral date in line with the earlier Order by the Court of Appeal.
“Our reason for making this clarion call is simply based on the rule of law. With the ruling of the Court of Appeal ordering his release, Nnamdi Kanu’s further detention will be seen by his supporters as punitive.”
According to the clergyman, Kanu’s release would douse tension in the South-East.
“Accordingly, his release would certainly douse tension. By so doing, the Security Agencies would be in a better position to identify the criminal elements in the South-East hiding under the cover of the Biafra agitators,” he added.
Speaking on the forthcoming election in the state, the pastor expressed concern over the ceaseless spate of insecurity in the state, stressing that such would
“Concerning the governorship election in Imo State on the 11th of November, 2023, Imo people are expected to go to the polls to elect a governor. The feelers we are getting from our mentoring teams is that voter apathy is likely to mar the exercise. The reason for the apathy is not far-fetched.
“First, due to grave insecurity in the state and persistent bloodletting, voters will withdraw into their shells to save their lives. Secondly, the thuggery and manifold electoral offences that were glorified in sundry manners in the earlier elections this year are compelling the populace to believe that their voles would not count,” he said.
