{"id":93754,"date":"2022-04-07T11:52:35","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T10:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=93754"},"modified":"2022-04-07T11:52:35","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T10:52:35","slug":"nnamdi-kanull-be-released-soon-says-ex-aviation-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/nnamdi-kanull-be-released-soon-says-ex-aviation-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Nnamdi Kanu\u2019ll be released soon, says ex-Aviation minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1729446036501936119\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">An elder statesman and First Republic Minister of Aviation, Chief Mbazulike Amechi, has given assurance that the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, would soon be released.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nAmaechi spoke to journalists in Onitsha, on Wednesday, ahead of Kanu\u2019s April 8 hearing date.<\/p>\n<p>The elderstatesman, who led a powerful delegation to meet\u00a0 President Muhammad Buhari concerning the release of Kanu last year, regretted that Kanu was still being detained despite the assurances by the president that he would release the freedom fighter.<\/p>\n<p>He, however, stated that although negotiations were ongoing, he does not know the exact date Kanu will be released but has the assurance that he would be released soon based on the ongoing negotiations between the Federal Government and prominent Igbo leaders.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nHe lamented that the continuous detention of Kanu has led to various agitations in the South-East, which have caused the destruction of lives and properties in the region.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, we the Igbo elders met with President Buhari shortly after Kanu\u2019s arraignment in court and told him to release him for us to go home and discuss with him the next Igbo agenda and Buhari gave us an audience and ever since then, negotiations between us and the Federal Government have been on to free Kanu.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough, I am disappointed that up until now, Buhari has not released him despite assurances he gave to us on the day we visited him in Aso Rock, all hope is not lost as we are sure that Kanu will soon be released based on the ongoing negotiations.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cI will call on those agitating for one thing or the other to remain calm and be hopeful. Although, these agitations have demonstrated that only the release of Kanu will stop the agitations and we are working towards his release.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Also, the Vice President, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Damian Okeke-Ogene, said the only thing that can guarantee peace in the South-East region is to release Kanu.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cIf anybody is looking for peace in Igbo land, Nnamdi Kanu should be first of all released unconditionally and soonest or else, we should not be expecting to have peace as long as he is still in detention.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/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>An elder statesman and First Republic Minister of Aviation, Chief Mbazulike Amechi, has given assurance that the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, would soon&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":91914,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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