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Nnamdi Kanu Will Never Back Down on Biafra Struggle – Father, HRM Eze Kanu Sends Message to FG

Nnamdi Kanu Will Never Back Down on Biafra Struggle – Father, HRM Eze Kanu Sends Message to FG

Kanu & his parents

 

While speaking in Umuahia, the Abia state capital on Monday, the traditional ruler of Isiama Afaraukwu in Umuahia,Eze Israel Kanu, who is the father of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, appealed to the Federal Government to withdraw all the charges against his son 

 

According to Vanguard, the traditional ruler said that such measure if granted by the President Buhari administration, would help to foster peace and douse tension in the country.

“I call on the Federal Government to immediately withdraw all the charges preferred against Kanu in the interest of peace in the country.

“He did not commit murder. He did not carry arms; neither did he commit any heinous crime to warrant such a government clampdown.

“His only offence was that he expressed his opinion in a democracy where people are free to express themselves without the fear of arrest or molestation,” he said.

 

The monarch said he was not in a position to stop his son from pursuing his conviction, adding that Nnamdi was mature enough to hold an independent opinion.

“He is more than 18 years of age and has become an adult. He is capable of having an independent opinion on any issues. So, I cannot ask him to stop pursuing what he believes in.

“The only thing that can assuage him is to allow him to have Biafra and no amount of inducement, even giving him an oil block, would stop him.” he said.

 

Eze Israel Kanu, who described the bail conditions by the Abuja High Court as stringent, thanked Sen. Enyinnaya Abaribe, (Abia South Senatorial District), an Igbo Jewish Rabbi from Port Harcourt , Immanuu El-Shalom, and a renowned Chartered Accountant, Tochukwu Uchendu, for securing his release.

 

While he assured that his son would not betray the trust the sureties reposed in him, he disclosed that while in his palace, young able-bodied members of IPOB volunteered to restrict the number of visitors around him “so that he does not run afoul of one of the bail conditions.”

 

The visibly elated octogenarian described the two-year incarceration of his son as a period of depression.

“Very often, I kept wondering what would be his fate and hoping also that he would not die in detention. I had very strong hope that God would not allow him to die in the cell,” he said.

 

He also spoke on how he felt when the IPOB leader arrived at his palace on Friday, after regaining his freedom, saying that he felt very happy and excited.

“He looked quite healthy and strong. His looks showed that the prison warders took good care of him, so I was very happy and impressed when I saw him,” he said.

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