The Nation Newspaper S’East governors to table Kanu’s release, region’s insecurity before Tinubu
They also said they would plead for the release of proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra leader, Nnamdi Kanu.The five governors – Hope Uzodimma ,Charles Soludo ,Alex Otti , Francis Nwifuru and Peter Ubah – converged on Enugu State Government House for the meeting of the Southeast Governors’ Forum.
He stormed the venue of the meeting along with former Commonwealth Secretary-General Chief Emeka Anyaoku and the Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Alfred Achebe.He declined to entertain questions from reporters. At the meeting, the governors also set a burial committee for the departed former Abia State Governor Ogbonnaya Onu, with former Senate President Pius Anyim as chairman and former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi as Secretary.
He disclosed that the forum resolved to interface with the Federal Government to secure Kanu’s release.He said: “The Forum received a delegation of the former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, Chief Emeka Anyaoku and His Royal Majesty, Igwe Alfred Nnaemeka Achebe, who came on a solidarity visit to this Forum.
“The Forum resolved to visit Mr. President to discuss all pressing issues concerning the Southeast region.
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