The wife Biafra warlord, Odumegwu Ojukwu, Bianca Ojukwu has called for calm over the life imprisonment of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
Penpushing reports that the widow who is Nigeria’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs made the appeal for calm in an X post on Friday, explaining that she only returned from Zanzibar, Tanzania, to hear of Kanu’s conviction and sentencing.
“This is not the outcome we anticipated, nor prayed for, but a reality that is now upon us. There comes a time in the history of a people when there is a need for calm. I therefore advise Ndigbo, and Nigerians as a whole, that such a period is now! There is utmost need to exercise’, she wrote
Penpushing further reports that the minister, who hails from the South-East as Kanu, equally called for dialogue as a way to engineer a political solution for the release of the jailed leaded of the proscribed militant group.
“This situation requires careful reflection and constructive dialogue involving all Igbo stakeholders, governors, senators, members of the House of Representatives, clergy, traditional rulers, politicians and business people to engage with government authorities collectively. The most effective path toward resolution of this crisis is dialogue’, she added
Penpushing also reports that Ojukwu appealed to all Igbo-speaking of the South-East and Nigerians in general to curtail all actions concerning Kanu’s conviction which could escalate the situation at home or in the diaspora.
The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs assured Nigerians that the resolution of Kanu’s situation was still possible despite his conviction, emphasising the need for calm and patience
“I would like to reassure Ndigbo, Nigerians and our foreign partners that there are still prospects of resolving this impasse in a manner that reduces national anxiety and societal trauma,” she said.
Penpushing reports that she equally called for cooperation of South-East leaders in the quest for a political solution to the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader’s conviction and imprisonment.
“Now is the time for us all in Ala Igbo (Igbo land) to put all hands on deck, and to have a joint engagement, sincerely, involving all the South-eastern states, to seek a political resolution to this matter,” she added.
Penpushing further reports that it would be recalled that Kanu was on Thursday convicted at the Federal High Court in Abuja after being found guilty on all the seven counts filed against him by the Nigerian government.
The trial judge, Justice James Omotosho, consequently sentenced him to life imprisonment for terrorism, and also ordered that he be prevented from having access to mobile devices and broadcast equipment except under the watch of security operatives.
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