Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has expressed confidence in President Bola Tinubu‘s willingness to listen to the pleas of well-meaning Igbo leaders regarding the convicted leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.
Naijaonpoint reports that Kalu made this known in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja by his Chief Press Secretary, Livinus Nwabughiogu.
Kalu expressed optimism that Kanu will be freed through a political approach, stressing that the President will not be averse to it.
According to him, all hope for Kalu’s freedom is not lost despite the conviction.
He urged the people of the South East, and indeed all Nigerians, to remain calm.
He said, “It is now time to explore political solutions that had been hindered because the matter was before the court. But now that the court has finished, it is time to intensify the request for the President’s intervention and we are sure that the President is not averse to it. We are going to get it. All hope is not lost. Our people should remain calm.”
Kalu’s conviction came after a federal high court in Abuja presided over by Justice James Omotosho sentenced him (IPOB leader) to life imprisonment on Thursday for terrorism.
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