Nnamdi Kanu Won’t Compromise, Can’t Be Used For 2027 – Kanunta

Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu will not shift from his earlier push against the marginalization of the South-East region even if he is released from detention, his brother, Kanunta told DAILY POST.

This is also as he advised the Federal Government against using Kanu’s release for the 2027 presidential election campaign.

Kanunta, who spoke exclusively to our correspondent, also commented on the arrest of the self-acclaimed Prime Minister of Biafra Government in Exile, Simon Ekpa.

He emphasized that Nnamdi Kani will continue to press for infrastructural upgrade in the South-East region.

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“His release will not change anything because he made a simple demand on August 30, 2017, at the Enugu State Government House, which was the time of Obiano.

“In the eight agenda he gave to them, he never made mention of anything about Biafra.

“He said you will have to provide us with what we need, which are good roads, hospitals, education, build factories to create employment; these were his demands, it’s everywhere.

“His demands are very simple, do all he asked you to do – in a worst-case scenario where they can’t meet all these things, why can’t they think about going back to the 1960 constitution that gives people regional autonomy? Those were his demands, he never mentioned Biafra as a condition for him to tone down agitation,” Kanunta stated.

Asked whether Kanu would tone down on his agitation if these demands were met, he answered: “He is still there with them, they should dialogue with him; why is it difficult for them to dialogue with him? That is where the problem is, they don’t want to dialogue with him but he is the right person that can tell them this is what I want; there are people he is working for who understand but they have to dialogue with him.

“After that 2017 meeting, what did they do? Dave Umahi who was the then Chairman of the Southeast Governors Forum went to Abuja and sent Operation Python Dance to come to my house and kill everybody, that was exactly what happened.

“Anybody who knows Kanu should know that he’s resolute and never a problem, he meant well for everybody till tomorrow.

“There won’t be the need for agitation, because if everybody is comfortable, there won’t be so much talk about Kanu; is he the only one agitating? Sowore is there agitating, the Northern part of Nigeria is saying the same thing that they are being suppressed.

“The people are tired of the union; something must change, it’s time Mr President must call the people and listen to them, there is no way we can allow the United Kingdom to be running Nigeria from London.

“There are a lot of court orders but the Nigerian government has refused to obey these orders which is very sad and that means nothing meaningful will happen in Nigeria because the judiciary, the masses, and journalists that should come out and say enough of this mess are not saying enough.

“I don’t think anybody is comfortable in this country, Nigeria; how can you buy a bag of rice for N100,000; how much is people’s salary? Nobody should blame anybody, what we are seeking is a better life, the price of petrol is adding – in Venezuela, it’s the opposite side of it – so what is wrong in that country, that’s the question everybody is asking; so nobody should blame anybody for agitating because if Nigeria is functioning nobody will want to do that but at the moment, it’s not functioning and it will never function, unless they do a thorough overhauling in that country.”