A former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria,
Prof. Charles Soludo, has urged President
Muhammadu Buhari to ensure the immediate
release of the leader of the Indigenous People of
Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.
Prof. Charles Soludo, has urged President
Muhammadu Buhari to ensure the immediate
release of the leader of the Indigenous People of
Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.
Soludo said this in Abuja on Thursday at the
presentation a book entitled, ‘The Politics of Biafra
and the Future of Nigeria,’ written by Chudi Offodile.
The former CBN governor said Kanu was not
popular until security agents arrested him last year.
He recalled that Chief Obafemi Awolowo was
imprisoned for treason in the 1960s, but this
caused him to be loved even more among the
Yoruba.
Soludo said Kanu’s prolonged detention would
make him a hero or a martyr, which would not stop
the current Biafran agitation.
The ex-CBN governor warned that if Kanu was not
released, his detention could be used as a
campaign tool in 2019, just as the pardoning of
Dim Chukwuemeka Ojukwu was used by Shehu
Shagari to gain support in the 1980s.
Other prominent Nigerians at the event included a
former Minister of Transport, Osita Chidoka; former
Vice-President Alex Ekwueme; a former Deputy
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Emeka
Ihedioha; and the Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop
Matthew Kukah.
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