A former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Prof. Charles Soludo, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure the immediate release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.

Soludo said this in Abuja on Thursday at the presentation a book entitled, ‘The Politics of Biafra and the Future of Nigeria,’ written by Chudi Offodile.

The former CBN governor said Kanu was not popular until security agents arrested him last year.

He recalled that Chief Obafemi Awolowo was imprisoned for treason in the 1960s, but this caused him to be loved even more among the Yoruba.

Soludo said Kanu’s prolonged detention would make him a hero or a martyr, which would not stop the current Biafran agitation.

The ex-CBN governor warned that if Kanu was not released, his detention could be used as a campaign tool in 2019, just as the pardoning of Dim Chukwuemeka Ojukwu was used by Shehu Shagari to gain support in the 1980s.

Other prominent Nigerians at the event included a former Minister of Transport, Osita Chidoka; former Vice-President Alex Ekwueme; a former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Emeka Ihedioha; and the Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Matthew Kukah.

victorvezx:
Hahahahahahaha , how will south east or Nnamdi Kanu stop APC from winning 2019 elections? Lol, u igbos never voted for him in 2015. 2015 elections exposed and proved that APC can do with or without ur vote, after all, u people still thinks APC IS AN Islamic party, so we no dey expect una vote, And Kanu will still remain in prison till eternity.

zeribe4real:
U 4got dat Nelson Mandela spent 27 yrs in prison, and after that..., a day will come when a nation shall be born, n Nigeria will be a failed state, We re not asking for much, just to let us be, yet you re afraid of letting us go, unarguably u know that Igbos re so much blessed with innovative brain, give us Biafra n we will outsmart u in less than 20 yrs time, if you go Lagos, Portharcout, Kano, n many other Nigerian towns, u will know for sure that Igbos re blessed like d Isrealites n that is why other tribes re envious n afraid of Igbos just d way Arab nations re afraid n envious of Isreal., PMB z not going to be president 4ever, anything can happen in the nearest future.
Never say never. #no offence broda.

ramdris:
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kropotkin2:
No mind am. If he is set free without him paying for his crimes he will go straight back to them.

vengertime:
which crime? Did he shoot gun, did he steal anyone money? Me personally want buhari to continue to hold him. So that Avengers and new militant groups will be doing the needful.

vengertime:
or no OIL