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| Bianca Ojukwu, former Nigerian Ambassador to Spain |
Former Nigerian Ambassador to Spain, Bianca Ojukwu, has pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari to release Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
Mrs Ojukwu made the plea while speaking at
the 10th memorial anniversary of late Igbo leader, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu,
organised in Owerri on Friday.
She urged the President to consider the plea made by some Igbo leaders during their recent visit to the State House, Abuja, asking for Mr Kanu’s release.
She said that Mr Kanu’s release would
demonstrate Mr Buhari’s magnanimity, adding that the clamour for secession is a
direct consequence of perceived inequality in distribution of resources and
political appointments in the country.
She, however, urged governors of the
South-east geo-political zone to remember Mr Ojukwu just as the convener of the
event, Ralph Uwazuruike, leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of the
Sovereign State of Biafra.
“Kanu’s release will further buttress
President Buhari’s commitment to healing the wounds inflicted by the sense of
marginalisation felt by the Igbo nation,” she said.
Speaking, Ahamefula Ojukwu, chairman of the
occasion and son of the late Igbo leader, thanked Mr Uwazuruike for conducting
the affairs of the entire Igbo nation in unity.
He urged Igbo people, especially those
privileged to occupy positions of authority, to preserve the legacies of his
late father whom he described as “an embodiment of selfless service and
sacrifice to the Igbo cause”.
Earlier in an address, Nkem Okeke, Deputy
Governor of Anambra, decried the use of violence in the quest for self
determination.
He implored Igbo people to be united and
fight diplomatically so as to achieve a set objective.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports
that the event was attended by various Igbo groups from the South-east and
South-south geo-political zones of the country.
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