The Security Council, which was presided over by Buhari, had said the government was considering the next step to take on the matter in due course.
A former Governor of Anambra State and Igbo leader, Chukwuemeka Ezeife on Monday, stated that there is no an Igbo man in the President Muhammadu Buhari’s Security Council.
An Appeal Court, in Abuja had on Thursday quashed the case of terrorism charges levelled against the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, a decision that was translated to mean his likely immediate release from detention.
However, the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, said Kanu had not been acquitted as there were other cases against him.
The National Security Council also clarified the Federal Government’s position on the status of the case against Nnamdi Kanu.
The Security Council, which was presided over by Buhari, had said the government was considering the next step to take on the matter in due course.
It had noted that Kanu had not been acquitted though discharged of some issues in the cases against him.
However, Ezeife who appeared on Arise Television’s The Morning Show on Monday noted that such a government advisory unit like the Security Council should have considered the insecurity that the further detention of Kanu would cause.
He said, “Our leader, Prof George Obiozor, the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, called me the same day the issue came up and said that he was preparing for us to go see the President to persuade him to release Nnamdi Kanu and very soon, he’ll organise, get an appointment to go see President.
“As for the national security council, well, I don’t know how independent the national security council is. But whichever council, national insecurity or security council, should look at the atmosphere and make judgement based on realities on ground.
“By the way, no Igbo man is in that place. And this is one of the things that annoy the young men of Nigeria because the Federal government of Buhari is making every effort to push the South-East out of Nigeria.”
“But they cannot push us out of Nigeria. We’re here. We voted with our feet for one Nigeria. The national security council should have done a bit better than joining the government as such,” he added.