We Have Accepted Tinubu As Our President –Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo

There is an affirmation concerning the current government from the pan Igbo group, Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo: we have accepted Tinubu as our president.

The affirmation was made on behalf of the group by its president-general, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu , while fielding questions with Arise Television.

 “Igbos in all the various states in Nigeria have now accepted Tinubu as our president, and we have pledged, and I say that on behalf of our people, that we are going to give Tinubu every support”, Iwuanyanwu said in the interview that took place Sunday.

“But we expect Tinubu to look at this problem we have. We expect him to solve this problem which all of us are talking about”, he added.

Using the opportunity to appeal for the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, still help in prison, Iwuanyanwu said, the release of the Indigenous Peoples f Biafra (IPOB) leader, would help the restoration of peace in the Southeast region.

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He said, “I, as a leader of Igbos, after consultation with my people, we all agree that there was no reason why Nnamdi Kanu should be incarcerated, no reason why he should be detained.

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“He didn’t serve any risk. Rather, his release will help Nigeria, will help the security agencies to differentiate who is a criminal and who is a very honest and dedicated Nigerian. Because many criminals hide under the fact that Nnamdi Kanu is in detention and continue to unleash heinous crimes on our people in South-East.

“As you have already noticed, some people stay outside Nigeria and from time to time, mobilise armed robbers, armed gunmen, even declare sit at home. And of course, you know our people are mercantile people, people who are commercial.

“Most of the people live from day to day, from hand to mouth. And when these people are restrained from getting out to do their business, they suffer a lot of hardship. So, we believe that if Nnamdi Kanu is released, it will make the job of security very easy. All of us cannot be saying that he should be released without a just cause.

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“The whole of our people, the political class, the religious class, all of them. And as a leader of Igbos, part of my mandate is to see that Nnamdi Kanu is released. And I have made the appeal to the President. I’ve even sought for appointment to meet the president with some leaders of the South-East, and the president has been very busy.

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“I believe that once he’s free, he will invite us, because he has been busy attending to so many national and international matters. He will see us because, no doubt, South-East, the Igbos, we are part of Nigeria, we are committed to Nigeria, we believe in Nigeria, we have, over the years, made contributions to the building of Nigeria. So, if we cry to our leader, the president, to say this is our problem, I believe he will definitely listen to us.”

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 “The Supreme Court judgement doesn’t bother us because the Supreme Judge is supposed to interpret the law and carry our justice, that is.

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“We actually didn’t make the appeal to the Supreme Court, the appeal we made was to the President. Our President, His Excellency, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, that’s the person that we actually made the appeal to, and I believe that our President will realise that if all Igbos are saying one thing, then there must be something in it.

“And besides, Nnamdi Kanu has openly renounced the activities of people who have been kidnapping, murdering, killing people in the South-East in the disguise of Nnamdi Kanu’s detention. Nnamdi Kanu has cautioned that they should stop”, he stated.