{"id":139301,"date":"2024-11-19T22:58:31","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T21:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/honour-ifeanyi-ubah-by-freeing-nnamdi-kanu-okorocha-tells-nigerian-govt"},"modified":"2024-11-20T00:02:35","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T23:02:35","slug":"honour-ifeanyi-ubah-by-freeing-nnamdi-kanu-okorocha-tells-nigerian-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/honour-ifeanyi-ubah-by-freeing-nnamdi-kanu-okorocha-tells-nigerian-govt","title":{"rendered":"Honour Ifeanyi Ubah by freeing Nnamdi Kanu \u2013 Okorocha tells Nigerian Govt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has urged the Federal Government to honour the late Senator Ifeanyi Ubah by releasing the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu.<\/p>\n<p>Okorocha made this appeal during a night of tributes held in Ubah\u2019s honour on Monday in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, dead Igbo leaders are meeting over Kanu\u2019s release.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to government officials present, Okorocha urged Senate President Godswill Akpabio to convey the message to the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>Ubah died in London on July 27 and will be laid to rest on November 22.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to say to you, brother in whom I am well pleased Senator Akpabio, convey this message to FG on behalf of the Igbos seated here that the best to honour Ifeanyi Ubah is to release Nnamdi Kanu so that the Igbos can go home and re-organise their place and I know you Senator Akpabio that even if you don\u2019t want to do it, send this message for the sake of your wife who is our daughter. Send this message and get us a result, or else your wife is not too far from taking back home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve not died before, and I don\u2019t intend to die soon, but I do know that the Ikemba Ojukwus, the Ekwuemes and these great leaders of note who have left us, since the spirit never dies, I\u2019m sure they are having a meeting somewhere,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has urged the Federal Government to honour the late Senator Ifeanyi Ubah by releasing the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu. Okorocha made this appeal during a night of tributes held in Ubah\u2019s honour on Monday in Abuja. 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