The governors of the South East have once again been charged of merely lip service to the popular movement calling for the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, an Igbo Nation agitator who has been imprisoned for the past three years by the federal government on a court order.
Despite numerous requests for Kanu’s release, the governors were specifically charged of abandoning the interests of the Igbo Nation by not applying pressure on the Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led government to do so.
These charges were made in an open letter sent to the South East governors and made accessible to reporters in Abuja on Thursday by a group of clerics working under the auspices of the Concerned Igbo Ministers Commission.
Apostle Tony Osuji, the Secretary General, and Rev. Tony Uzo Anthony, the President General and International Coordinator, signed the letter.
The letter, dated January 8, 2025, contained the following: “It is now evident that Mr. President and the South East governors took an oath not to free Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
“Last week, Prince Emmanuel Kanu, younger brother to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, revealed their deal before the 2023 general election with Seyi Tinubu, the President’s son, with the approval of his father, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on how Kanu would be released if Tinubu won the Presidency.
“During his campaign in Imo State, the President promised that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu would be liberated during his presidency, but nothing has happened in nearly two years now.
“Sadly, no South East governor confronted Mr. President during his tour of the region about Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s infamous and illegal detention.
“It is now evident to everyone that our South East governors are the true source of insecurity in the South East. Otherwise, they should have pressed for the release of Mazi Nnamdi Okwu Kanu, who holds a lasting solution to the insecurity in the region.
“Mr. President, being misled by the South East governors, is on a path that can ruin his name and political ambitions in the region.
“God will appear in His time to expose the actions of the South East governors who, in one way or another, have benefited from Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s unlawful incarceration.
“We, as a group, are now urging all religious leaders to begin raising questions about Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who is yet to be released.
“The utmost hypocrisy of Igbo politicians is to use the media to fool our people with frivolous promises that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu will be released.
“They have all failed Ndi Igbo and should not be re-elected if they continue to fool us and politicize Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s release.
“Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s continued detention is an outright humiliation of Ndi Igbo,” the statement said.
