Senators from the South East Region of Nigeria on Wednesday in Abuja pleaded passionately with President Bola Tinubu to order the release of the detained Biafran Nation agitator, Nnamdi Kanu.
The Senators numbering 15 and led by a former Abia state Deputy Governor, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe claimed that unless Kanu is released, the social and economic activities in the Southeast region will continue to be stagnant.
Members of the Caucus held a closed door meeting with the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) where a letter, where they begged Tinubu to release Kanu was delivered for onward passage to the presidency.
Addressing Judiciary Correspondents immediately after the closed door meeting, Abaribe who spoke on behalf of his colleagues lamented that the economy and social life in the South East had suffered enough due to the continued incarceration of the Biafra nation agitator.
Abaribe noted with grave concern that the peaceful demand of the detained IPOB leader had been hijacked by hoodlums and hardened criminals leading to wanton killings of innocent people, including security operatives.
The former Abia state Deputy Governor told newsmen that he had already met with Kanu at the headquarters of the Department of State Services (DSS) in Abuja on Monday and that Kanu had agreed to abide by any conditional release.
The Senators therefore pleaded with the AGF to convey their message to President Tinubu and for the AGF to use his position to terminate all charges brought against the IPOB leader by the federal government.
Senator Abaribe said that virtually all political leaders, religious leaders and stakeholders have unanimously agreed that Kanu be released for peace to bounce back to the region.
Sen. Eyinnaya Abaribe-Abia South