The Northern Elders Forum, NEF, on Monday, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to reject the request of some notable Igbo leaders, demanding release of the Indigenous People of Biafra’s leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
The Forum stated that there were neither a safe, constructive nor informed grounds for granting the request, and advised the President not to delay in announcing that the judicial process in the case of Kanu would be allowed to run its course.
This was said this in a statement signed by NEF’s Director, Publicity and Advocacy, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, in Abuja.
NEF argues that granting the request of the Igbo leaders will do a serious injury to the country’s integrity.
“The Forum notes that there are no safe, constructive or informed grounds for granting the request, and advises that President Buhari will do serious injury to a country already threatened by multiple challenges to its security and territorial integrity, if he delays announcing the only responsible response, which is that the judicial process in the case of Kanu must be allowed to run its course.”
