As part of efforts to promote national peace, Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has urged the Federal Government to free IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu who is currently detained.
The Governor stated that Kanu’s problem was a sociopolitical issue that required political resolution.
The Governor made the call yesterday, according to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Diaspora Affairs, Peter Ichull, when a group representing American Veterans of Igbo origin paid him a courtesy visit in Washington, DC, USA.
The Governor argued that the IPOB leader ought to be released pointing out that even members of Boko Haram who posed greater threat to the country’s unity had often been freed, resettled and some integrated into the armed forces.
Governor Ortom was quoted as saying that “for the country to be truly united the South East of Nigeria should be given a sense of belonging to erase the impression of persecution of a section of the country.â€
