By Seyi Babalola
Governors from the South East convened in Enugu on Tuesday under the auspices of the South East Governors’ Forum to appeal with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the release of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
They also intended to meet with President Tinubu to discuss other urgent problems of regional and national importance.
The governors’ decisions were stated in a communiqué delivered to the media by the Chairman of the South East Governors’ Forum and Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma, following their meeting at the Lion Building, Government House, Enugu, in Enugu State.
The Chairman of the South East Governors’ Forum, flanked by his colleagues – Alex Otti of Abia, Charles Soludo of Anambra, Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi, and the host governor, Peter Mbah of Enugu State – while reading the communiqué, said that the call to plead with President Bola Tinubu for the release of the IPOB leader is to foster peace in the region.
The forum maintained that the release of Nnamdi Kanu would open a window of opportunity for further dialogue on how to overcome the prevailing winds of insecurity in the region.
The communiqué added: “The Forum deliberated on the reviewed report of the South East Security and Economic Summit held in Owerri on the 28th of September, 2023, and agreed to implement the aspects of the report pertaining to security and economic integration. They affirmed their desire to put actionable plans on the key issues agreed upon.”
