The governor of Enugu State, Peter Mbah, has stated that the detention of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, can only be resolved politically.
Speaking during a state-wide broadcast on Tuesday following his public defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mbah explained that he met with President Bola Tinubu on Kanu’s issue a week after he assumed office.
The governor asserted that his position on Kanu’s incarceration has remained consistent since he assumed office.
He said. “It took barely a week after I assumed office that I had a meeting with the President, and I was very specific when I came out to address the press that I also raised the issue of Nnamdi Kanu with the President.”
Governor Mbah explained that he had always believed that resolving the matter politically remained the most sustainable approach.
The Enugu governor urged stakeholders across the South-East to embrace the concept of a political resolution and to work collectively in shaping a unified position before engaging with the federal authorities.
“First of all, we need to accept the concept that this is the right thing to do,” he said. “Then, the details of implementation will be worked out because there will certainly be details. It is not something you can possibly outline now, but it’s for us to even accept the concept that this is the way to move forward.”
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