Return Kanu to Kenya if not freed, Igbo Eze appeals to Tinubu
By Samuel Ogunsona
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been asked to free convicted leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, [IPOB] Nnamdi Kanu from detention.
He said while the Yoruba self determination activist, Sunday Adeyemo alias Igboho remains a free man, Kanu on the other hand is in Sokoto prison.
He said Kanu is seen as “counterpart of Kanu.”
However, Igboho only mobilised against terrorism in his homestead. He also organised rallies across the South West. Neither him nor his followers were involved in any violence.
Speaking in Abuja, Eze Ogbunechendo of Ezema Olo Kingdom in Enugu State, Lawrence Agubuzu said many Igbo traditional rulers see peace and unity from the prism Kanu’s freedom.
He said many Igbo traditional rulers may be seen as traitors if they fail to speak on Kanu’s freedom.
He appealled to President Tinubu to release Kanu from prison or deport him to Kenya, where he was earlier arrested.
Eze Agubuzu made this plea at the 2026 National Traditional and Religious Leaders Summit on Health in Abuja on Tuesday, emphasizing the need for peace in the South-east.
“Return him to Kenya or London, where they took him from,” Agubuzu told Tinubu, referencing Kanu’s extraordinary rendition.
Kanu is currently serving a life imprisonment sentence in Sokoto State for terrorism charges, a decision he recently appealed.
Agubuzu expressed disappointment with the Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Ogunwusi, citing plans to confer an honour on Yoruba Nation agitator Sunday Igboho, perceived as Kanu’s counterpart.
“The ball stops in your court. Bring this man out,” Agubuzu urged Tinubu, highlighting the perceived inconsistency in the government’s approach to separatist movements.
The traditional ruler’s plea underscores the ongoing debate about Kanu’s detention and the IPOB’s agitation for an independent Biafra state in Nigeria’s South-east and parts of the South-south.
