The LP presidential candidate also called on the Federal Government to release the detained IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu.
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has decried the spate of killings and kidnappings in several parts of the nation, calling on the Federal Government to nip insecurity in the bud.Briefing journalists in Onitsha on Saturday, the former governor of Anambra State warned that if nothing was done to address the nation’s security challenges, Nigeria might slide into a failed nation.
During the interview, the LP presidential candidate called on the Federal Government to release the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra , Nnamdi Kanu. “The rule of law is an intricate asset that we must cherish and live with. I use this opportunity to plead with the federal government to ensure that all those who are in similar conditions are released and discussed,’’ he said.“We are in a democracy, and we should not be doing things that are arbitrary and not within the law.”
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