The Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, has asked President Bola Tinubu to immediately release the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu.
The group in a communique on Tuesday said “there is no justifiable reason to continue to keep him in detention without trial,”
The communique was issued after its general meeting – presided over by the group’s deputy leader Oba Oladipo Olaitan – held at Isanya-Ogbo, the hometown of its leader, Ayo Adebanjo.
According to Afenifere, Kanu has become a political prisoner, adding that fair hearing of the IPOB leader may no longer be guaranteed due to controversial and conflicting legal proceedings in different courts.
In the statement signed by both Olaitan and the National Publicity Secretary of the group Justice Faloye, Afenifere said Kanu should be released in the interest of justice and national reconciliation.
“Afenifere notes that from all circumstances, particularly since his abduction in 2021 and repatriation to Nigeria and since then subjected to controversial and conflicting legal proceedings in different courts by which his fair trial may no longer be guaranteed in the opinion of reasonable members of the public, it is clear that Nnamdi Kanu is undoubtedly a political detainee,” the communique reads.
The group also appointed lawyer Dele Farotimi as the National Organising Secretary of Afenifere.
“The General Meeting considered and approved the appointment of Barrister Dele Farotimi as the National Organising Secretary of the Afenifere,” it stated.
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