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To reestablish peace in the South East, President Bola Tinubu has been urged to release Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), to Ohanaeze Ndigbo.

The counsel was given by Most Rev Professor Emmanuel Chukwuma, Archbishop of Enugu Province and Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Anglican Communion, at an Ohanaeze thanksgiving ceremony at the Cathedral of Good Shepherd in Independence Layout, Enugu.

The festival of gratitude is held in remembrance of Igbo Day, which will be celebrated in Enugu on September 29.

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Chukwuma pleaded with Tinubu to abide by the court’s ruling that released and cleared Kanu in October of last year.

Quoting him, “We must make Tinubu obey the rule of law. Nnamdi Kanu must be released. They should stop deceiving themselves. Let them release Nnamdi Kanu to Ohanaeze Ndigbo, and see what will happen.

“Thank God we are overcoming sit-at-home on Mondays. Alaigbo must not be wasted. Let us revive the economy of South East.”

During the thanksgiving, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, the president general of Ohanaeze, praised the governors of the five South-East states for their assistance to him since taking office.

Igbo would soon restore their greatness, he promised, with this support and that of other Igbo leaders, especially Ndigbo in the Diaspora.

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He also urged the Ndigbo not to give up hope for the region’s future, telling them that things would soon improve for the Igbo.

The Enugu State Association of Presidents-General of Town Unions and the Catholic Bishop of Nsukka Diocese, Most Rev. Godfrey Onah, as well as the Anglican Archbishop of Enugu Ecclesiastical Province, Most Rev. Emmanuel Chukwuma, have endorsed the state government’s efforts to end sit-at-home days beginning on Monday, June 5, saying it is long past due.

They also reaffirmed their unwavering support for Mbah’s demand that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu be released from custody, stating that it is the best course for national reconciliation and regional stability in the South East.

The Most Rev. Chukwuma, who serves as the Anglican Bishop of the Enugu Diocese in addition to leading a prayer session for a peaceful end to the sit-at-home in Enugu State and the entire South East on Sunday at the Chapel of Redemption, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus (UNEC), made an appeal to the populace to support the government’s move by complying.

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“Government has given directive. My advice and appeal is that they should comply so we can save the economy of Southeast.

“Now the Governor has said it is safe to come out; therefore people should come out to do their business, and be free and set ourselves free from this bondage. It is a bondage, and we must be set free from it”, he concluded.

Additionally, Bishop Onah remarked that there was too much suffering in the world in his homily at the St. Theresa’s Cathedral in Nsukka, while applauding Dr. Mbah’s initiative to end the sit-at-home syndrome.

However, he pleaded with the populace to be forgiving to the new South East governors.

Bishop Onah attributed the unrest and insecurity in the area on Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s ongoing detention and urged President Bola Tinubu to heed Mbah’s plea for Kanu’s release.

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“The suffering is too much. But, please, everybody should have mercy. Those that are angry should calm down. Many of us are angry, but we have to be careful how we express our anger or we may cause more problems.

“It’s in this spirit that I understand the initiative by some state governments in the South East, especially the newly inaugurated government in Enugu state, to try to restore normalcy in the South East.

“But I want to believe and I want to affirm that this initiative must of necessity include an increase in the effort to secure the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu from detention”.

On their part, the Presidents-General (PGs) of Enugu State Town Unions wondered why Enugu State should continue to be on lockdown every Monday whereas “both private and pubic offices in the capitals of other states of the South East region had since resumed businesses, wondering why Enugu’s case should be different”.

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The Association claimed that the loss of Mondays since September 2021 has resulted in unimaginable sufferings and created incalculable economic losses in the state and South East in a statement by the Coordinating PG, Barr. Paully Ezeh.

“The governor’s promise to transform Enugu from a public sector economy to a private-sector driven economy; raise the state’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) from the present $4.4 billion to $30 billion in eight years, make Enugu one of the top three economies, restore public water supply in Enugu metropolis in 180 days, and eradicate poverty can’t happen if we continue to sit at home on Mondays. It presents our state to investors as restive, insecure, and unproductive place.

“The Association, therefore, appeals to both private and public institutions and people of Enugu to support the government’s efforts to restore full days of work and productivity in the state.

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“We urge aggrieved persons and groups to take the opportunity of dialogue advanced by the Mbah administration and we equally join the Governor in his call for Nnamdi Kanu’s release to engender organic peace and national healing”, the Association concluded.

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