Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu has raised hope that Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, will be released. Kalu said he was fighting to ensure that it happened. He spoke on Thursday in Abuja at a meeting with the South East Legislators Forum.
The lawmakers from the State Houses of Assembly from the South-East, led by the Majority Leader of Ebonyi State House of Assembly, Kingsley Ikoro met to discuss issues affecting the region. Kalu told the lawmakers that high-level underground dialogues with relevant authorities were ongoing to secure Kanu’s release. According to him: “I am fighting for Mazi Nnamdi Kanu to come out. Very soon, it will happen. Please, keep us in your prayers.
It will help you to speak from the point of knowledge. “On the proposed zonal public hearing, we will want you to support what we are doing in the process of amending the Constitution. We are thinking of starting in first and second quarter of next year. “As members of the South East Legislative Forum, you need to be strong and have a common legislative agenda. Birth an idea and think of how we can utilise it. “And that is why I want you to support the SEDC.
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