The call for the release of the detained IPOB was reportedly made by the Chairman of the committee, Obinna Aguocha at a meeting in Abuja.
The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has commended the House of Representatives for asking the President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government to release him from detention.
Kanu’s lawyer, Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor, who made this known in a statement said that the IPOB leader made the commendation on Monday when his legal team visited him at the Department of State Services (DSS) custody in Abuja.
It had been reported that the House of Representatives Ad-hoc committee set up to interface with relevant security agencies to reduce kidnapping, assassinations and banditry in and around Isiukwuato and Umunnochi Local Government Area of Abia State in the South-East region of Nigeria called for Kanu’s release for peace in to reign in the South-East region.
The call for the release of the detained IPOB was reportedly made by the Chairman of the committee, Obinna Aguocha at a meeting in Abuja, where he was reported as saying that absolute peace, reduction of crime and criminality, investment in meaningful infrastructure development, ending the unproductive sit-at-home and improving economic growth and opportunities in the South East, starts with the government’s recognition of the rule of law, justice and equitable inclusion of the South East zone.
During his legal team’s visit on Monday, Kanu’s lawyer said that the IPOB leader “commend the efforts of Ezigbo UmuChineke once again, including the groups who are calling on the Federal Government to obey the Judgment of her own Court and release him unconditionally, or better still, prevail on the Supreme Court of Nigeria to set down the Appeal for Hearing so that these shenanigans will cease.
“Also, Onyendu applauded the courage of the House of Representatives Committee in directing the Federal Government to release him unconditionally in line with the Judgment of the Court of Appeal. He appreciated the Chairman of the House of Rep Ad-hoc Committee on Security (Hon. Obi Aguocha) for being outspoken in this regard.”