Biafra: Atiku Will Release IPOB’s Nnamdi Kanu – Senator Wabara

Former Abia Senator and Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT), Adolphus Wabara has stated that the presidential candidate of the party, Atiku Abubakar, has promised to release Nnamdi Kanu if he succeeds President Muhammadu Buhari.

Naija News reports that the pro-Biafra agitator has been in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) since June 2021, when he was ‘renditioned’ to Nigeria from Kenya by the federal government.

Despite various court ordering the Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to release the IPOB leader, the present administration has disobeyed such orders.

Speaking at the PDP’s presidential campaign rally in Umuahia, the capital of Abia State on Saturday, Wabara said said Atiku promised to release the IPOB leader, adding that the pro-Biafra activist would be released within the first one hundred days of Atiku’s administration.

The PDP chieftain urged the electorate in Abia State to vote for the PDP presidential candidate on February 25.

He said: “Atiku has promised to release our son from prison in one hundred days of his administration. He is not afraid of anybody. He will do what he has promised.”

‘Atiku Will Release Nnamdi Kanu Immediately He Succeeds Buhari’

Wabara’s statement is coming weeks after the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the Atiku/Okowa campaign in Anambra State had also claimed that Atiku plans to grant Kanu unconditional release if he wins next month’s election.

The Anambra State PDP-PCC Director-General, Prof. Obiora Okonkwo, said Atiku would obey the Appeal Court judgment that directed the release of Nnamdi Kanu.

He also disclosed that the PDP presidential candidate would ‘instill permanent peace’ in parts of the country, especially the Southeast region.

According to him, Atiku is the only candidate with a plan to address the situation in the South-east to the benefit of the region.

He said: “I am saying this with every sense of responsibility that Atiku will grant Nnamdi Kanu unconditional release. That is in Atiku’s agenda for permanent peace in the South-east. In addition, he will also apply political solution to release all those genuine IPOB agitators in detention without trial.

“Atiku’s government will have serious talks with the group and others, with the view to restoring their faith in the country and make them part of the effort for better Nigeria. However, the criminal elements will be dealt with decisively.”