Reactions As Iwuanyanwu, Ohanaeze, Special Task Force Announce Visit To Nnamdi Kanu in DSS Detention

The Special Task Force for the Release of Maxi Nnamdi Kanu has been informed by sources within the DSS that barring any last minute change of plan, the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Emmanuel Iwuamyanwu will be visiting the detained leader of Indigenous Peoples of Biafra IPOB in Abuja on Thursday.

Scheduled to accompany Chief Iwuanyanwu on the visit on are members of the Special Task Force for the Release of Nnamdi Kanu.

Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu will among others ascertain the state of health of Nnamdi Kanu, welfare in captivity, security situation in Igboland, activities of legal team and the extent of political solution.

Some members of the Special Task Force expected to accompany Chief Iwuanyanwu to the DSS headquarters by 12 pm 30th May include Barrister Cappeo Emejulu Okpalaukwu (Leader Isi Ebube Agu Ndigbo) Rev Obinna Akukwe ( Director General Igbo Mandate Congress IMC)  Igwe Uche Egent ( Chairman Ndieze in the 19 Northern States) Eze Ibe Nwosu (Ezeigbo of Abuja) Prince Emmanuel Kanu( youngest brother of Nnamdi Kanu) among others.

The members of the Special Task Force for the Release of Nnamdi Kanu include

Chairman of Southeast Traditional Rulers Council and Chairman of the Taskforce, Igwe Lawrence Agubuzu OFR (Chairman); Archbishop of Methodist Church, Umuahia, Diocese,  His Grace, Raphael Opoko (Co-Chair); Eze Akajiofor Ndi Igbo and  Traditional Ruler of Enugwu-Aguleri,  Eze Chukwuemeka Eri (Co-Chair); Archbishop of Anglican Communion, Owerri Province, His Grace, Sunday Onuoha;  Chairman Ndi Eze Igbo of  19 Northern Stares, Eze Dr. Uche Egenti; Eze Igbo Maitama, Abuja, Eze David Kingston Okey-Dede; Igwe Obatobie 1 of Abuja

The Executive Secretary of the Taskforce is Barr. Emejulu Okpalaukwu-Okpalaezeukwu, leader of Ebube-Agu Ndi Igbo in Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo Worldwide since September 2000; The Media and Publicity Secretary is Rev  Obinna Akukwe, Director General  of Igbo Mandate Congress IMC . Prince Emmanuel Kanu, youngest brother of the IPOB Leader (member)

The Special Task Force had earlier agreed with Chief Iwuamyanwu on the need to discuss with Mazi  Nnamdi Kanu in DSS detention in  Owerri during the briefing  of 17th of  May and he  promised to take actions  immediately the Ohanaeze Ndigbo  Youth Leaders and  Stakeholders Convention ends.

The Special Task Team  also received signals  from presidency sources that the second letter to President Tinubu dated May 21st , 2024  appealing for the release of Nnamdi Kanu, is receiving attention and some responses has been given.

The Special Task Force asks the Igbo public, IPOB factions and splinter groups not to decorate the public space with bloodshed and violence, as these piles as evidences capable of truncating the ongoing political solution.

The Special Task Force is aware that some elements and dissidents within IPOB are in the habit of instigating crisis, bloodshed and sundry vices aimed at truncating any effort towards a political solution , therefore keeping the IPOB leader in perpetual detention.

The Task Force advises such persons not to give IPOB further negative perception by unguarded utterances and thoughtless actions.

The Task Force appreciates the support Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu  gives the group to ensure that Nnamdi Kanu is released.

Signed

Rev Obinna Akukwe
Director General, Igbo Mandate Congress IMC
Media and Publicity Secretary, Special Task Force for the Release of Nnamdi Kanu