Our reporter/ Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday disclosed that the issue of releasing Nnamdi Kanu did not come up in his discussion with the south-east governors in Enugu State on Tuesday.
The elder statesman and former Commonwealth secretary-general, Emeka Anyaoku met with the governors on their own invitation to discuss regional development issues.
In a statement on Wednesday via his special assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi, the purported release of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) by the federal government was not part of the discussion.
“The meeting with them was at my invitation and of Chief Emeka Anyaoku before their summit begins. The issue of Nnamdi Kanu was not on the agenda and was not discussed in my presence,” Obasanjo was quoted to have said.
He stated that the regional development issues included that of security and infrastructure.
Others were economic and cooperative/collaboration, which was meant to complement the national economic development agenda.
Since his re-arrest in Kenya in 2021 by the Federal Government, Kanu has been in the custody of the Department of Security Service (DSS) on the order of the Federal High Court, Abuja.
Although he pleaded not guilty to the charges, Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja, declined to admit him to bail on the ground that he jumped the earlier one in which Senator Abaribe was his surety.
There have been calls from different quarters recently for the release of Kanu.
Among those calling for his release are Senators from the South-East led by Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe.
ThepresidentialcandidateoftheLabourPartyinthelastgeneralelection, Peter Obi, in a chat with journalists over the weekend, also called for the release of the Biafra separatist leader.
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