Okupe implores FG to release IPOB Nnamdi Kanu for peace in South-East

The former presidential aide of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Doyin Okupe, has advised the Federal Government to release Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) for the sake of peace in the South-East region.

According to Okupe who made this call via a Facebook Post on Wednesday, releasing the embattled IPOB leader is important with the upcoming elections in Anambra scheduled for Saturday, November 6.

Okupe said, “I hereby call on the Federal Government to release Nnamdi Kanu, if that will bring peace in the South-East zone, especially Anambra State,” he said via his social handle.

“Nnamdi Kanu should be released for the sake of peace and order in that region.

“Nnamdi Kanu is more important than the Anambra State governorship election.

“I call on the Federal Government at this point of our national history to invite the leadership of IPOB to a peace meeting.”

IPOB had recently vowed to ensure that the forthcoming election does not hold in Anambra State declaring a total shutdown of the South East region from Friday, November 5th, 2021.

It had been widely reported that IPOB vowed to disrupt the November governorship election in Anambra State.

According to the pro-Biafra group, it would not allow any election process that would perpetuate slave status and misery among the people of the area.

In a statement by IPOB’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, the group corrected that it had not changed its mind on the issue contrary to insinuations in some quarters.