How APGA Chieftain Described Nnamdi Kanu-nigerian news BIAFRA UPDATE
Following the release of the director of radio Biafra and leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on December 17, a chieftain of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Rommy Ezeonwuka, has reacted.
Ezeonwuka, who is a member of the Board of Trustees of APGA, while speaking with journalists in Onitsha, lauded the release of the IPOB leader from detention, saying the development was a welcomed one.
The elder statesman and Igbo leader described him as a “hero,” adding that the development will go a long way to ease the high tension surrounding Kanu’s detention.
He said the radio Biafra director’s discharge from the case filed against him by the DSS, was a landmark victory for justice, Ndigbo and the people who were agitating for their right in a way they decided to do it.
According to him, the court had once again proven to be the last hope of the common man.
“Kanu has emerged as a hero of Ndigbo and nobody can take that away from him. His agitation leading to his arrest and detention has made our voice to be heard, opened our wound to the glaring notice of the people that matters in Nigeria and I believe that something good will follow the issues he raised, therefore the issues surrounding him have to be given serious attention. In my capacity as Ogirisi Igbo, I want to advice him to listen to our elders’ advice on how to address our problems. I’m sure he must have realized that we are all behind him now, so let him take our advice.
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“the issue of Biafra is all about the wellbeing of the Igbo man in the Nigerian setting and Biafra is as good as a dream come true when the roads are fixed, when the lights shine uninterrupted, when jobs are available for youths, when there is enough federal presence in the southeast, when the federal appointments are balanced among the geopolitical zones and when the Igbo man is president. That is Biafra in my opinion,” The APGA chieftain said.
Meanwhile, despite the reported release of Kanu, no fewer than five persons were shot dead on Thursday, December 17, during a clash between the Indigenous people of Biafra (IPOB), Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), and the Joint Task Force (JTF).
Kanu, who has been in DSS detention since October 17, was ordered to be released by a Federal High Court “unconditionally.”
The court’s directive came barely 24 hours after an Abuja chief magistrate’s court sitting at Wuse Zone 2, struck out a one-count charge that the federal government preferred against Kanu.
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