Ohanaeze Calls For Ceasefire In South-East Says Efforts Is Ongoing To Release Nnamdi Kanu

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has appealed to the agitated youths in the South-East region to sheathe their swords and reduce the tension in the region for a period of one month. The region has been boiling with killings, attacks on security agents and their actions leading to carting away of weapons since the arrest of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.

Only recently, the National Assembly caucus from the zone, led by Senator Ike Ekweremadu announced that they were employing a political solution towards securing Nnamdi Kanu’s release. In a statement issued on Wednesday morning by the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, he called for a one-month ceasefire by the restive youths.

He said in the statement that, “it is just proper that at this juncture, the National Assembly caucus from the south east and two governors from the south east who are making moves to secure Nnamdi Kanu’s freedom be given a chance.

“This is not the first time Senator Ike Ekweremadu-led National Assembly caucus will be playing this role; they did it in the past and it was fruitful. So, we advocate that they be given the benefit of the doubt.

“To this end, we appeal that every form of restiveness should cease henceforth till a period of one month, within which we expect to see visible progress towards the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.”

The President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, equally urged the Nigerian Government to ensure that the pro-Biafra leader was produced in court on October 21, 2021. He noted that, “There have been these claims that the Federal Government is delighted over the insecurity in the South-East. We don’t want to believe such an assertion. However, they should disprove it by ensuring that Nnamdi Kanu is produced in court on the 21st of this month.

“Anything to the contrary would mean adding fuel to the already ignited fire but we are not praying for that. If the Federal Government actually wants peace in the South-East, let them release Nnamdi Kanu. Anyone interested in peace in the zone should think of Nnamdi Kanu’s release, not sending military; brutal force has never solved any problem, rather than dialogue.”

The Youth group, however, did not spare the South-East leaders over their silence on Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s case in the communique they issued after their meeting in Enugu last week.

“We were disappointed that he was not mentioned in the communiqué, rather they were talking about stopping sit-at-home, even when they don’t have the power,” Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide stated.