Grant Kanu presidential amnesty – Oluwo to President Tinubu

The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdurosheed Akanbi, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to assistance statesmanlike amnesty to the detained person of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, arsenic portion of efforts to beforehand nationalist healing and unity.

The monarch made the entreaty successful a connection issued on Tuesday by his media aide, Ibrahim Alli, saying the Federal Government should see further reconciliation measures to code lingering grievances linked to the Nigerian Civil War.

Oba Akanbi commended the Tinubu medication for an inclusive attack to governance but urged the President to instrumentality further steps towards reconciliation by considering Kanu’s release.

He said, “Lingering resentment among immoderate members of the Igbo assemblage implicit the civilian warfare should beryllium addressed done deliberate healing, dialog and reconciliation.

“The post-war vexation being nursed by Igbos cannot beryllium easy healed.

“While I commend President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s reintegration process arsenic unprecedented, I telephone for further humanities steps specified arsenic granting a statesmanlike amnesty to the incarcerated person of the Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.”

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