{"id":124201,"date":"2025-12-04T18:32:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T17:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=124201"},"modified":"2025-12-04T18:32:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T17:32:09","slug":"i-met-tinubu-over-kanu-detention-not-defection-to-apc-gov-otti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/i-met-tinubu-over-kanu-detention-not-defection-to-apc-gov-otti\/","title":{"rendered":"I met Tinubu over Kanu detention not defection to APC \u2013 Gov Otti"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Myke Agunwa<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has dismissed claims that his recent meeting with President Bola Tinubu was to negotiate on defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC), insisting the discussion centred solely on the continued detention of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Recall that leaders such as the late Mbazulike Amechi, Ohanaeze Ndigbo leadership, Southeast Governors, several traditional rulers, and respected clergy had at different times visited former President Muhammadu Buhari (of blessed memory) and President Tinubu to appeal for Kanu\u2019s release in the interest of peace and stability in the region.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Otti, who spoke through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ferdinand Ekeoma on Thursday, clarified that the visit was part of ongoing engagements he and other prominent Igbo leaders have held with the Federal Government in the last two years, all aimed at securing Kanu\u2019s release.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The governor\u2019s clarification followed allegations by a former Abia Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Charles Ogbonnaya, who claimed that Otti\u2019s visit to the Presidential Villa was a political move ahead of 2027.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ekeoma described the allegation as false and mischievous, stressing that Otti had met with Tinubu shortly after visiting Kanu at the Sokoto Correctional Centre on Sunday, November 30, where the IPOB leader is serving a life sentence following a judgment by Justice James Omotosho of the Abuja Federal High Court.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to him, the governor\u2019s mission to Aso Rock was strictly in line with persistent appeals by key Igbo political, religious, and traditional leaders for the Federal Government to consider a political solution to Kanu\u2019s incarceration.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cFor avoidance of doubt, the issue of Nnamdi Kanu was the only subject matter that took Governor Otti to Aso Rock. This is in continuation of earlier meetings the governor had been having with the Federal Government on this matter in the past two years\u201d Ekeoma stated.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ekeoma added that Otti\u2019s approach follows this same longstanding pathway of engagement that many Igbo statesmen have championed.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He further noted that the outcome of the meeting with Tinubu was \u201cpositive and fruitful,\u201d saying the President showed \u201cgraciousness and generosity\u201d in receiving the governor\u2019s submissions on the matter.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Otti\u2019s visit to Kanu in Sokoto and subsequent engagement with the President, Ekeoma said, were driven by a commitment to ongoing peace efforts in the Southeast, not by partisan political considerations.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He called on the public to disregard what he described as deliberate attempts to twist the governor\u2019s intentions, adding that Otti remains focused on justice, peace, and the collective interest of the people of Abia and the wider Southeast.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Myke Agunwa Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has dismissed claims that his recent meeting with President Bola Tinubu was to negotiate on defection to the All Progressives Congress&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":124202,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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