The South East governors have again been accused of paying
lip service to the widespread agitation for the release of the Igbo Nation agitator,
Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who has been detained on the order of a court by the federal
government for the past three years.
The governors were specifically accused of betraying the
Igbo Nation’s common interest by failing to put pressure on the Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led
government to release Kanu, despite widespread calls for his freedom.
A group of clerics operating under the aegis of the
Concerned Igbo Ministers Commission made these accusations in an open letter
addressed to the South East governors and made available to newsmen in Abuja on
Thursday.
The letter was signed by Rev. Tony Uzo Anthony (President General/International Coordinator) and Apostle Tony Osuji (Secretary General).
Part of the letter, dated January 8, 2025, read: “It is now
evident that Mr. President and the South East governors took an oath not to
free Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
“Last week, Prince Emmanuel Kanu, younger brother to Mazi
Nnamdi Kanu, revealed their deal before the 2023 general election with Seyi
Tinubu, the President’s son, with the approval of his father, President Bola
Ahmed Tinubu, on how Kanu would be released if Tinubu won the Presidency.
“During his campaign in Imo State, the President promised
that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu would be liberated during his presidency, but nothing has
happened in nearly two years now.
“Sadly, no South East governor confronted Mr. President
during his tour of the region about Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s infamous and illegal
detention.
“It is now evident to everyone that our South East governors
are the true source of insecurity in the South East. Otherwise, they should
have pressed for the release of Mazi Nnamdi Okwu Kanu, who holds a lasting
solution to the insecurity in the region.
“Mr. President, being misled by the South East governors, is
on a path that can ruin his name and political ambitions in the region.
“God will appear in His time to expose the actions of the
South East governors who, in one way or another, have benefited from Mazi
Nnamdi Kanu’s unlawful incarceration.
“We, as a group, are now urging all religious leaders to
begin raising questions about Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who is yet to be released.
“The utmost hypocrisy of Igbo politicians is to use the
media to fool our people with frivolous promises that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu will be
released.
“They have all failed Ndi Igbo and should not be re-elected
if they continue to fool us and politicize Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s release.
“Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s continued detention is an outright
humiliation of Ndi Igbo,” the statement said.
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