Concerned Igbo Ministers have said that “it is now evident that President Bola Tinubu and South East Governors took an oath not to free Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, slamming “the utmost hypocrisy of Igbo politicians”
who “use the media to fool our people with frivolous promises that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu will be released.”
The Concerned Igbo Ministers told the Governors in an open letter signed by the President General/ International Coordinator, the Rev. Tony Uzo Anthony; and Secretary General, Apostle Tony Osuji that “they have all failed Ndi Igbo and should not be re-elected should they continue to fool us and politicize Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s release.”
They accused the governors of not doing enough to secure Kanu’s release despite making it a campaign issue.
The Ministers also regretted that Igbo leaders could not raise Kanu’s matter before President Ahmed Bola Tinubu, during his recent visit to Enugu.
They further alleged that Tinubu is playing politics with Kanu’s continued incarceration, wondering why it is taking him long to honour his promise during the campaigns to release Kanu if elected President.
“Kanu’s continued detention is an outright humiliation to Ndigbo”, the Ministers said, asking the President to heed the pleas from eminent Nigerians for Kanu’s release.
They challenged the President and South East Governors to demonstrate that they were genuinely committed to the restoration of peace to the South East by releasing Kanu whose continued detention, they claimed, was fuelling insecurity in the region.
They recalled that last week, the Prince Emmanuel Kanu, younger brother to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, revealed their deal with Seyi Tinubu, the president’s son, with the approval of his father, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The letter read in part, “During his campaign in Imo State, the President promised that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu would be liberated during his presidency, but nothing has happened in nearly two years now.
“Sad enough, no South Eastern Governor confronted Mr President during his tour to the region about Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s infamous and illegal detention.
“It is now evident to everyone that our South Eastern Governors are the true source of insecurity in the South East, otherwise they should have pressed for the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who has a lasting solution to the insecurities in the region.
“Mr President being misled by the South Eastern Governors is on a path that can ruin his name and political ambitions in the region.
“God would appear in his time to expose the actions of the South Eastern Governors who in one way or the other benefited from Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s unlawful incarceration.
“We, as a group, are now urging all religious leaders to begin raising questions about Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who is yet to be released.”
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