Governors from the South-East under the umbrella of the South-East Governors’ Forum have resolved to meet with President Bola Tinubu to plead for the release of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.

The South-East governors also concluded plans to discuss other pressing issues that would be of interest to the region and the country with President Tinubu.

The decisions of the governors were contained in a communique read to journalists by the Chairman of South-East Governors’ Forum and Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, after their meeting at the Government House in Enugu, the capital of Enugu State, on Tuesday, July 2, 2024.

Governor Uzodimma was flanked by his colleagues – Dr Alex Otti (Abia), Prof. Charles Soludo (Anambra), Francis Nwifuru (Ebonyi), and Dr Peter Mbah (Enugu).

The chairman of the Forum said they will discuss the issue of insecurity in the region and the release of Kanu during their visit to Tinubu.

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The governor said: “The Forum deliberated on the reviewed report of the South East Security and Economic Summit held in Owerri on the 28th September, 2023 and agreed to implement the aspects of the report pertaining to security and economic integration and affirmed its desire to put actionable plans on the key issues agreed.

“The Forum also resolved to interface with the Federal Government to secure the release of Mr. Nnamdi Kanu.

“The Forum commiserated with the government and people of Abia State, Ebonyi State, Imo State, South-East, Nigeria, and Chief Ogbonnaya Onu’s family on the demise of His Excellency, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu.

“The Forum received the delegation of the Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo GCFR, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, GCON and His Royal Majesty, Igwe Nnaemeka Achebe CFR, Obi of Onitsha, who came on a solidarity visit to the Forum.

“Consequent upon the demise of former Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Onu, the Forum announced the setting up of a nine-man burial committee to be chaired by the former Senate President, Senator Pius Anyim.”

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