Chief Olisa Metuh, a former national publicity secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has fervently pleaded with President Bola Tinubu to embrace a diplomatic resolution that will result in Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s release.
According to Metuh, the action would be a significant step toward bringing about long-lasting peace in the nation’s Southeast.
Metuh also praised President Tinubu in an announcement on Tuesday in Abuja for his positive outlook and commitment to the stability, growth, and peace of the South East.
He implored the president to put a stop to the unrest in the area by enacting a political solution by freeing Nnamdi Kanu from prison.
The former opposition spokesman, who declared his withdrawal from partisan politics two years ago, has been a vocal advocate for Kanu’s release, making many presentations to the immediate past administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari.
Metuh described President Tinubu as “a long-standing democrat and listening leader who deeply understands the sensibilities and nuances of all social segments of the country,” and urged him to deploy his Pan-Nigeria skills to engage and end the restiveness in the South East.
“It is against this backdrop that I make this passionate plea to His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to adopt a political solution that will lead to the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu as a major step to restoring lasting peace in the South East Region of the country.
“President Tinubu has shown positive posture and commitment towards the peace, stability and development of the South East. I humbly urge him to further deploy his Pan-Nigeria skills to engage and end the restiveness in the South East through a political solution that involves dialogue, understanding and release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
“The continued detention of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, waiting for a legal solution and use of military option or force as instituted by the last administration under President (Muhammadu) Buhari have not helped.
“Rather such options are worsening the situation as it opens the space for vicious interests who have hijacked the genuine and peaceful aspiration of the people to unleash violence, killing and harassment of innocent citizens, wanton destruction of property and dislocation of social and economic life in the region.
“Given the strategic position of the South East to national economy the unabated situation in the region has continued to exert grave negative social and economic consequences on the entire nation. President Tinubu can redefine the situation by adopting a political solution in the release of Nnamdi Kanu” the statement said.
Metuh restated that the “Igbos are peace-loving, law-abiding, entrepreneurial and hardworking people but whose belief in justice, equity and fairness is largely misunderstood.”
He did, however, advise the young of the South East to avoid all harmful tendencies and deeds that tend to close down local businesses in the area and open the door for venomous anti-people interests to afflict the people
The former PDP spokesman urged residents in the South East geopolitical zone to use the Easter season to pray for the release of “our brother and son, Nnamdi Kanu,” so that the region could experience a new beginning in the spirit of Easter.
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