Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), on Monday, said it is in support of Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State and Senate Chief Whip, Orji Uzor Kalu on the request to unconditionally release the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.

HURIWA’s National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, in a statement said constructive dialogue and not the use of force by security agencies on separatists will end agitations and ensure a peaceful election.

The group also said it is unfair for the President Muhammadu Buhari regime to continue to hold Kanu in the custody of the Department of State Services after the IPOB leader has been discharged and acquitted of terrorism charges by an appellate court.

HURIWA also charged Buhari to justify the “African Award for Strengthening Peace’’ he is about to receive in Nouakchott, the Mauritanian capital on Tuesday by respecting human rights.

Recall that Governor Soludo, who said he has shown keen interest in returning peace to the entire South-East geopolitical zone after his initial meeting with Kanu in DSS custody, made a passionate appeal to the Federal Government to release the IPOB leader unconditionally. The governor also said if the government cannot release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu unconditionally, he wants Kanu released to him and he will stand surety for him.

Similarly, the Chief Whip of the Senate and former governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu recently said he will stand as surety for Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and urged the Federal Government to release the IPOB leader directly to him. Erstwhile Senate Minority Leader from Abia South, Enyinnaya Abaribe had also made a similar passionate appeal to the Buhari government.

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