Outspoken Catholic Priest, Ejike Mbaka Demands Immediate Release Of Nnamdi Kanu

Date: 06-02-2023 9:55 pm (1 year ago) | Author: onuigbo felicia
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Outspoken Catholic priest, Ejike Mbaka, has demanded the immediate release of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).

Mr Mbaka stated this on Sunday during a service at the Adoration Ministry Ground, Enugu.

A video clip of the cleric speaking during the service has been circulating on Facebook and other social media platforms.

“Please, I ask in the name of God and that by the power of God, our leaders should quickly release Nnamdi Kanu,” he said.

IPOB, in August 2021, introduced a sit-at-home order every Monday across the South-east to put pressure on the Nigerian government to release Mr Kanu, who is standing trial in Abuja for alleged terrorism.

The separatist group later suspended the order, in preference for it (the order) to be implemented only the days Mr Kanu appears in court.

But despite its suspension, residents of the five South-east states – Enugu, Ebonyi, Imo, Abia and Anambra- have been observing the Monday sit-at-home order, mostly out of fear.

Some residents and motorists, including commuters, have been attacked by gunmen for stepping out of their homes on Monday and other days declared as sit-at-home.

Mr Mbaka bemoaned the suffering of the South-east residents over the sit-at-home.

He said the Nigerian government by not releasing Mr Kanu had “shown no concern” about the situation.

“Igbos have been suffering. Students wouldn’t go to school on Mondays, civil servants wouldn’t go to work. Every Monday would be a lockdown. Our leaders don’t care,” Mr Mbaka said.

IPOB is leading the agitation for an independent state of Biafra, which it wants to be carved out from the South-east and some parts of the South-south.

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