Ex-Lawmaker Urges Tinubu to Free Nnamdi Kanu
A former member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Jude Idimo hbogu, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to grant clemency to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), currently in detention.
Kanu, who was arrested in Nairobi, Kenya, in 2021 and extradited to Nigeria, has been in custody facing trial. Speaking in the Lagos on Sunday, Idimogu said Kanu’s release would strengthen the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the South-East ahead of the 2027 general elections.
“It will add to our votes in the South-East. If the President can look at this issue, the South-East will never forget him but forever be grateful,” Idimogu said.
The former lawmaker urged Igbo leaders and South-East governors to unite in appealing to Tinubu for a pardon, noting it could help reduce insecurity and revive the region’s economy.
“I want to plead with our President, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to kindly see the need to use political means to grant Nnamdi Kanu clemency.
“I want to appeal to all well-meaning Nigerians, not just those from Igbo extraction, to help plead with Mr President to use his good office to release Nnamdi Kanu.
“If this is done, I believe the insecurity situation and tension in the South-East will reduce if not completely curbed and eradicated,” he stated.
Idimogu, who serves as deputy leader of Ndigbo in Lagos APC, said the continued detention has been exploited by miscreants to cause unrest, adding that freedom for Kanu could restore stability and boost trade.
“Mr President, kindly look at the South-East case and bring back businesses and trading long stagnated in the region because of insecurity.
“An average Igbo man is a trader. We cannot overlook this situation and the contributions of these traders in the South-East to the economy.
“South-East used to be home to a lot of people before now, it just suddenly changed to be dens of insecurity and other vices. This can be arrested with Kanu’s release.
“Mr President, we know you to be a father with a compassionate heart, please, help us in the South-East, grant Kanu freedom to stabilise our region,” he said.
