The traditional ruler of Isiama Afaraukwu in Umuahia, Abia
State, Israel Kanu, has appealed to the Federal Government
to withdraw all the charges against his son and leader of
the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu.
The older Mr. Kanu also said only the existence of a Biafra
Republic can stop his son’s agitation.
Mr. Kanu, who made the statements in an interview with the
News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, in Umuahia on Monday, May
8 said withdrawing the charges would help to foster peace
and douse tension in the country.
“I call on the Federal Government to immediately withdraw
all the charges preferred against Kanu in the interest of
peace in the country.
“He did not commit murder. He did not carry arms; neither
did he commit any heinous crime to warrant such a
government clampdown.
“His only offence was that he expressed his opinion in a
democracy where people are free to express themselves
without the fear of arrest or molestation”, he said.
The monarch said he was not in a position to stop his son
from pursuing his conviction, adding that Nnamdi was
mature enough to hold an independent opinion.
“He is more than 18 years of age and has become an adult.
He is capable of having an independent opinion on any
issues. So, I cannot ask him to stop pursuing what he
believes in.
“The only thing that can assuage him is to allow him to
have Biafra and no amount of inducement, even giving him
an oil block, would stop him”, he said.
(NAN)
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