…Calls for pressure on Tinubu
By Steve Oko
American Military Veterans of Igbo Descent, AVID, has urged South East Governors to get serious with efforts to secure the release of the detained Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, assuring them that contrary to their fears, Kanu’s release would not jeopardize their vice presidential ambition in 2027.
AVID in an open letter signed by its President, Dr Sylvester Onyia; and Secretary, Dr Godson Obiagwu, said urged South East leaders to quickly engage President Bola Ahmed Tinubu with a view to freeing Kanu before Christmas.
According to AVID, “any further delay could be construed as evidence that all South East Governors are complicit in the continued incarceration of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.”
AVID expressed shock over the allegation that a serving South East Governor is blocking Kanu’s release because he might be an impediment to his vice presidential ambition in 2027.
The letter read:”If it is true, as we have been told that some Southeast politicians, particularly one of the Governors is blocking the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu because of his fear that Mazi Kanu will scuttle his ambition to become a Vice President of Nigeria either in 2027 or beyond, we say to such politician that a free Mazi Nnamdi Kanu will have neither the motivation, nor the interest to block the ambition of any Igbo that wishes to be a Vice President of Nigeria.
” AVID is committed to seeing that no such interference will occur because we know that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is apolitical and has no interest in engaging in who becomes what in Nigeria’s political landscape.”
Calling for more pressure on the Presidency for Kanu’s release, AVID argued that Kanu’s continued detention is fueling insecurity and tension in the South East.
” We call on all Southeast Leaders in elective positions at home and in Abuja, especially the five Southeast Governors, to fulfill their several public promises and commitments to approach President Tinubu to seek the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu”, the letter read in part.
