By CHARLES IWUOHA

Enugu fiery priest and Spiritual Director, Adoration Ministry Enugu, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, has warned that there will be more trouble should anything happen to detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.

He added that such situation should be avoided by ensuring his immediate releease. “The situation is better imagined should he die in custody of the Department of State Services (DSS)," he said.

Mbaka, who prayed for the IPOB leader alongside the congregation at the Adoration ground Sunday, called for Nnamdi Kanu’s release.

He commended IPOB for calling off its Mondays sit-at-home exercise, stating that the danger of the order was becoming a problem instead of a solution.

News Express reports that IPOB had ordered the arrest of anyone found enforcing the already-suspended Monday sit-at-home order in the South-East.

The Media and Publicity Secretary of the group, Emma Powerful, said the group had long suspended the order and wondered why some people would continue to enforce an order that has already been cancelled by IPOB.

The cleric further stated that he was pleased that the intervention of stakeholders had yielded results with the cancelation of the lockdown of the entire region.

Commending IPOB, Mbaka said: ”The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, the hero, Nnamdi Kanu, is expressing his empathy with the people of the South East over what they are passing through.

"He came to know that Igbos are suffering because of him. And he would not wish that suffering to continue. Therefore, nobody should stop anybody from going to his or her business any Monday.

“All of us should keep praying for his (Kanu) release, and work towards his freedom because if he dies inside that place, it will cause more trouble. If he comes out, he will come out as a hero.

”We don’t want him to die, because it is not Nnamdi Kanu’s issue, it is the issue that concerns the people that are suffering. Nnamdi is not asking the government to do anything for him; he is speaking for the Igbo people.

“And we that are affected and he is speaking on their behalf should do everything possible to see that it is well with him.

“Many were saying they saw me at Abuja some days ago, yes. My own is if I am with you, I am with you. I will not sit here to tell you why I am in Abuja but whatever will make my people to be emancipated I will do it. There are people working to see that Nnamdi Kanu is released and it’s not by sitting. at home that he will be released.

”Canceling sit-at-home does not mean that it is over, the poor masses are suffering. Most of the rich people don’t have business over here, we are punishing our self. We thank the leader of IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, may God bless him.”

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