Leader of the Biafra Independence Movement, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, on Saturday 6th July, 2024 in a viral video faulted the way governors and senators from the Southeast region are politicising Kanu’s release.
Uwazuruike who is the founder of the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra(MASSOB) said that even Bola Ahmed Tinubu as Nigeria’s President does not have the absolute powers to order Kanu’s immediate release without seeking advice from the National Security Adviser (NSA).
In a statement made available to journalists on yesterday, and signed by the group’s Director of Information, Mazi Chris Mocha, Uwazuruike said, ”It was not the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), who is a government lawyer or the President who is the Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces is holding Kanu, but the Security Chiefs.”
According to him, rather than meet the Service Chiefs including the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Chief of Naval Staff, Chief of Air Staff, and Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Uwazuruike faulted the approach being taken by the governors and senators from the zone.
He advised the governors from the Southeast region to meet the NSA with a convincing security report on why Kanu needs to be freed, stressing that once this is done, the IPOB leader would certainly be released the next day, Uwazuruike counselled.
He stated that rather than meeting the NSA, who usually advises the President, based on his available security report from Southeast, the governors and senators were busy hobnobbing in Abuja taking photographs and claiming to be working for his possible release without following the proper procedures.
by Chris Njoku, Owerri
