To strengthen peace and stability in the southeast part of the country, former CBN Governor and Anambra State Governor, Prof. Charles Chukuma Soludo, has called on the Nigerian government to pardon or speed up the trials of the leader of the Proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nmadi Kanu, for prosecution.
The governor disclosed this on Saturday at a peacebuilding and security dialogue organized to curtail the lingering security challenge in the southeast with stakeholders in Akwa, the capital of Anambra State.
Activities of the Biafran secessionists have hindered citizens in the region, including the loss of lives and property for both individuals and the government, with a significant number of the Nigerian police, police stations, and business activities for the longtime stay-at-home order.
Further detention of Nnamdi Kanu will only increase the security threat and increase the suffering of Nigerians, the governor said.
The governor urges the IPOB/ESN Members to evacuate the forest, embrace peace, surrender, and drop their arms against the government.
However, Anambra State will open rehabilitation centers for those who embrace dialogue and drop their arms with sincerity, as the government will make necessary arrangements for those who lost their lives and property in the course of the agitations.
I am ready to lead a delegation to a dialogue between the agitators and the federal government for peace to reign in our land.
Criminals hiding under IPOB/ESN members should desist from committing any crimes, as anyone found guilty will face a warrant of the law.
Therefore, all churches should announce Monday prayer sessions. He added
Daily Episode learned that the proscribed groups had previously announced that the region’s sit-at-home order had been suspended.
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