Uwazurike to lead peaceful protest in Abuja for Nnamdi Kanu’s release

By Denis Agbo

Founder of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Chief Ralph Uwazurike, has expressed readiness to pb a peaceful protestation successful Abuja oregon immoderate portion of the state to request the merchandise of the detained person of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.

Kanu, who erstwhile served arsenic Director of Media nether Uwazurike successful MASSOB earlier founding IPOB successful London, has been successful detention pursuing his arguable rendition to Nigeria successful 2021.

In a video connection released connected Wednesday, Uwazurike described Kanu’s continued incarceration arsenic a governmental injustice against the Igbo nation, stressing that the contented transcends the idiosyncratic and reflects broader favoritism against the South-East.

“I’ve listened to the tribunal proceedings and the presentations by Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyers, and I privation to accidental that I privation to beryllium portion of immoderate peaceful objection successful Abuja oregon anyplace successful Nigeria for his release,” Uwazurike declared.

He revealed that helium had contacted Kanu’s lawyer, Barrister Alloy Ejimakor, to unpaid arsenic 1 of the defence witnesses for the IPOB leader.

Uwazurike emphasized that the planned protestation would beryllium wholly peaceful and non-violent, adding that it was motivated by a consciousness of justness alternatively than politics.

“This is not conscionable astir Nnamdi Kanu; this is astir Ndigbo. If anybody thinks that Kanu is being humiliated today, nary — it is Ndigbo that are being humiliated,” helium said.

He questioned what helium described arsenic treble standards successful the national government’s handling of terrorism-related cases, arguing that it was unjust to negociate with insurgents from 1 portion portion detaining others from different portion nether the aforesaid pretext.

According to him, “This has thing to bash with coercion but with deep-rooted injustice against Ndigbo. We indispensable bash this for the aboriginal of our children. I volition beryllium there.”

The station Uwazurike to pb peaceful protestation successful Abuja for Nnamdi Kanu’s release appeared archetypal connected Vanguard News.