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By Steve Oko
Barely 48 hours aft Igbo elders staged a peaceful protestation successful beforehand of Abia Government House, Umuahia, Jewish worshipers, connected Thursday, held an intensive supplication league astatine the Afaraukwu Umuahia household location of the person of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, seeking divine involution implicit his fate.
The assemblage of worshipers who came from antithetic states successful the South East, Rivers and Delta States, aboriginal held a solidarity rally for Kanu, and demanded his unconditional release.
They urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to heed the increasing appeals from crossed the state and escaped the IPOB leader.
Like South East elders, the Jewish worshipers besides urged Gov. Alex Otti to collaborate with his member Governors successful the South East to prevail connected the President to merchandise Kanu.
According to them, the President volition perceive to South East Governors if they unite arsenic a unit and property for Kanu’s release.
The Jewish adherents besides prayed “for instrumentality to normalcy successful each the communities ravaged by Fulani herdsmen and bandit attacks”.
During the solidarity rally, the Jewish worshipers displayed placards to explicit their feelings and demands concerning Kanu.
Some of the placards read: ‘Free Nnamdi Kanu, helium committed nary transgression known to the law’; Eastern Judaism calls for the merchandise of Nnamdi Kanu from DSS detention; ‘Obey Court bid Tinubu’; ‘Free Nnamdi Kanu’, among others.
They argued that Kanu did thing to warrant his persecution and urged President Tinubu to see Kanu’s merchandise arsenic a indispensable measurement to unite the country.
Speaking connected behalf of the worshipers, the Deputy National Rabbi of Biafraland, Rabbi Okezie Anosike, said Kanu should beryllium treated similar the Yoruba federation agitator, Sunday Igboho.
“What Kanu is demanding is not antithetic from what Sunday Igboho is demanding for the Yoruba nation, and yet helium (Igboho) is free”.
Continuing, helium said: “We inquire President Tinubu to acceptable Kanu free. We inquire Governor Otti to bash each successful his powerfulness to bring state to Kanu,” helium said.
Citing Kanu’s deteriorating wellness conditions, Anosike urged for urgent enactment to debar immoderate worst-case scenario.
Speaking also, Ofuji Ekhad, who led the Anambra delegation, said that Kanu committed nary transgression for agitating for self-determination for his people.
“There is thing abnormal successful Kanu’s request for sovereign authorities of Biafra”, helium said, adding that self-determination is simply a universally recognised right.
Elder Shahum Ogu from Imo State urged “all governmental leaders, connected successful 1 mode oregon the different with Kanu’s travails, to delight person a alteration of bosom and enactment for his release.
He described Kanu arsenic “a prophet, a messenger of God, who advocates for justice, equity, and people’s rights”, adding that President Tinubu has thing to suffer by mounting him free.
The pistillate person of the Eastern Judaism and Jewish Community, Mrs Ugochinyere Onuoha, urged President Tinubu not to let Kanu to dice successful detention.
“We are asking for Kanu’s state and asking God to present him from the ordeal helium is facing,” she said.
Meanwhile, a 12-year-old Michael Ndubuisi from Enugu State, went affectional portion pleading that President Tinubu should not let Kanu, who is besides a Jewish worshiper, to dice successful custody.
Kanu has been successful incarceration astatine the Abuja office of the Department of State Services, DSS, since June 2021, erstwhile helium was extraordinarily renditioned from Kenya.
The IPOB person has been seeking a referendum for the radical of South East and South South to find whether oregon not they privation to beryllium autonomous.
The station Jewish worshipers tempest Abia, propulsion for Kanu’s release appeared archetypal connected Vanguard News.
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