The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader Nnamdi Kanu should be included in the amnesty programme for those engaging in pro-secessionist activities, according to a request made by the Concerned Igbo Citizens Council (CICC) to Chief Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
This appeal follows the recent release of Sunday Igboho and Omoyele Sowore, two well-known participants in the Yoruba and Odua regions’ campaign for self-determination.
The group stressed in a statement issued by its interim National Secretary, Mazi James Okorie, and National Coordinator, Comrade Ukachukwu Obioha, the necessity of treating all people detained for comparable offences equally, regardless of their ethnicity.
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The CICC applauded Igboho and Sowore’s unconditional release but emphasised the significance of doing the same for Kanu and other Nigerians currently held for advocating self-determination.
They also urged pertinent agencies to look into incidents of violence and wrongful detention connected to movements for self-determination, such as the Department of State Services, the Police, and the National Human Rights Commission.
The statement read, “It has become most expedient and imperative to call on Bola Tinubu to extend the amnesty he granted to two of his kinsmen, Sunday Igboho and Omoyele Sowore, to other Yoruba youths held for supporting the agitations of the duo.
“It would amount to criminal injustice to continue to detain the supporters and fans of Igboho and Sowore since the principal actors have been absolved of any wrongdoing per se.
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“We demand also for the unconditional release, without any further delay, of Mazi Kanu and all Igbo and Eastern Nigerian youths currently detained for belonging to or supporting IPOB.”
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