Ohanaeze Commends Nnamdi Kanu For Asking IPOB Members To Embrace Peace

The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has commended the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, for his advice to his supporters to embrace peace.

Anaedoonline.ng earlier reported that the detained IPOB leader had asked his supporters to maintain peace in the South East and participate in the ongoing peacemaking process.

The lead counsel to the IPOB leader, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, made this known on Monday during an interview with reporters in Owerri, the Imo State capital.

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The lawyer also said his client stated that the ongoing interventions towards peaceful coexistence must be respected, encouraged and adhered to by all IPOB members.

Reacting, Ohanaeze has appreciated the IPOB leader for embracing peace and asking his supporters to embrace peace in an effort to secure his release from the Department of State Security (DSS) detention facility in Abuja.

The spokesman of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Alex Ogbonnia, made this known in an interview with reporters on Monday.

Ogbonnia added that it has been the position and desire of Ohanaeze to get Kanu released and advise him thereafter.

He said: ”It is a welcome development. From day one, for us, it is a duty to secure his release. It is like when your son is in detention, it is your duty to get him released before other actions. We did not look at any other things but to get him released.

“The important thing is that he is our son first and foremost and it is our duty to see that he is released. When we come home, we can advise him. That is why we drafted Ohanaeze legal team to join in doing his case.

“It has been our committed desire to get him out and then, we can talk to him. It is a welcome development.”