Our reporter/ The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to use his good office to explore all civil remedies to release Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), in the best interest of the South-East.
The call comes barely 24 hours after the IPOB leader’s bail application was rejected by a Federal High Court in Abuja.
The President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, Most Reverend Lucius Ugorji, said this during the episcopal ordination of the Auxiliary Bishop of Orlu Diocese in Imo State on Wednesday.
According to Most Rev. Ugorji, the release of Kanu will pave the way to economic prosperity and security in the south east.
He added that his continued detention has been the major cause of insecurity in the South East, and the Monday sit-at-home has paralysed the economy of the South-East and by making many businesses lose billions of naira on a weekly basis.
Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja had on Tuesday denied bail to Kanu.
The court, however, ordered an accelerated hearing of the case involving the embattled IPOB leader, who is facing charges bordering on treasonable felony.
The IPOB leader has been in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) since his arrest and rendition to Nigeria in June 2021.
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