{"id":144672,"date":"2025-01-03T12:04:58","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T11:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/biafra-tinubu-refused-to-honour-agreement-to-release-nnamdi-kanu-family"},"modified":"2025-01-03T13:48:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T12:48:05","slug":"biafra-tinubu-refused-to-honour-agreement-to-release-nnamdi-kanu-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/biafra-tinubu-refused-to-honour-agreement-to-release-nnamdi-kanu-family","title":{"rendered":"Biafra: Tinubu refused to honour agreement to release Nnamdi Kanu \u2013 Family"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The family of embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has said it had an agreement with President Bola Tinubu for the release of the Biafra agitator.<\/p>\n

Kanu\u2019s brother, Kanunta disclosed that he had the pact with Tinubu\u2019s son, Seyi during the build-up to the 2023 presidential election.<\/p>\n

Disclosing that the meeting had the blessing of the president, Kanunta, however, lamented that Tinubu has refused to honour the pact by releasing the IPOB leader.<\/p>\n

In a statement he issued, Kanunta said it was agreed that the IPOB would not boycott the 2023 elections on the grounds that Tinubu would release Kanu if elected President.<\/p>\n

The statement reads: \u201dBefore the last election, I received a message from an ex-governor that Seyi, the son of President Tinubu, wanted to see me.<\/p>\n

\u201cI agreed to meet with him on the condition that the overriding priority and hence the fulcrum of our discussion will be the release of my brother.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe meeting was held in Abuja in the presence of another individual whom I asked along to witness the deliberations and provide independent verification should the need arise.<\/p>\n

\u201cSeyi confirmed to me that his father sanctioned the meeting and that I should consider any agreement we reach as binding on the then candidate, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn good faith we agreed that I shall relay the outcome to my brother to reinforce the long held tradition of IPOB not interfering with the conduct of elections, either through boycott or any other form of civil disobedience.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis understanding was duly communicated to my brother and he reaffirmed his commitment not to stop the elections or order any boycott.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen President Tinubu as a candidate visited Owerri during his campaign, he too reiterated his commitment to facilitate the release of my brother if elected.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe took his public statement as a tacit reaffirmation of the understanding I reached with his son Seyi.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt, therefore, defies logic that nearly two years after President Tinubu assumed the mantle of leadership in Nigeria, my brother is still in detention despite not having any charge against him.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been over three months now that Justice Binta Nyako recused herself from the case yet no new judge has been assigned the case.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. The family of embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has said it had an agreement with President Bola Tinubu for the release of the Biafra agitator. Kanu\u2019s brother, Kanunta disclosed that he had the pact with Tinubu\u2019s son, Seyi during the build-up to the 2023 presidential election. 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