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Nnamdi Kanu
Leader of Biafra Independence Movement Chief Ralph Uwazuruike has faulted how Southeast Governors andSenators have been politicising possible of detained leader of theIndigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)Nnamdi Kanu.
Uwazuruike, who is the founder of Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra(MASSOB), said even PresidentBola Ahmed Tinubu does not have the absolute powers to order Kanu’s immediate release without seeking advice from the National Security Adviser (NSA).
In a statement on Saturday by the group’s Director of Information, Mazi Chris Mocha, Uwazuruike said:”it was not the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, who is agovernment lawyerorthe Presidentwho is the Commander -in -Chiefof the Armed Forces is holding Kanubut the Security Chiefs.”
Rather than meet the Service Chiefs including the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Chiefof Naval Staff,Chief of AirStaff and Chief ofDefenceStaff, Uwazuruike faulted the approach being taken by theGovernors and Senators from the zone.
He advised the Governors from the region to meet the NSA with convincing security report on why Kanu should be freed.
He stated that rather than meeting the NSA, who usually advisesthe President based on available security reports, the Governors and Senators were busy hobnobbing in Abuja taking photographs and claiming to beworking forhis possible release without following the proper procedures. (The Nation)