The deputy speaker of Nigeria's lower chamber has revealed that talks are ongoing to free IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu from detention. Kanu has been in detention since June 2021 and is facing trial over terrorism allegations. The deputy speaker emphasized the need for peaceful strategies instead of violence.
The IPOB leader, who is facing trial at the Federal High Court Abuja, has been in detention since June 2021 when he was repatriated from Kenya to Nigeria over terrorism allegations. IPOB is a group seeking to carve out a sovereign state of Biafra from the South-east and some parts of South-south Nigeria . The IPOB leader, who is facing trial at the Federal High Court Abuja, has been in detention since June 2021 when he was repatriated from Kenya to Nigeria over terrorism allegations.
at the lower chamber, said talks were already ongoing to free Mr Kanu from detention, according to a statement by the lawmaker’s spokesperson, Levinus Nwabughiogu, on Tuesday. The deputy speaker, according to the statement, spoke virtually when he was featured as a guest on the “South-east political roundtable,” a programme on FLO FM in Umuahia, Abia State capital on Tuesday. “We are working underground. There’s a detailed strategy. It’s not by violence. You can’t coerce the government through violence. It has never worked and won’t work. Let’s be wiser. The wisdom is in peac
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