What South-east Governors discussed with Nnamdi Kanu

The South-east governors on Wednesday said dialogue and not
confrontation was the only panacea needed to solve the agitation by
the Indigenous People Of Biafra, IPOB.

The governors had a meeting on Wednesday with the IPOB leader,
Nnamdi Kanu, at the Government House, Enugu.

The governors, it was gathered, told the IPOB leader during the
meeting that the group’s demands ‘must not be absolute.’

The forum also promised to engage the entire leadership of IPOB
in further dialogue to address their demands.

The meeting commenced at about 2 p.m. and ended by 4.30 p.m.

Mr. Kanu arrived Enugu Government House around 1.30 p.m. in the
company of a constitutional lawyer, Ben Nwabueze, who is also the
leader of Igbo Leaders of Thought, ILT, and Eliot Uko, deputy
secretary of ILT.

The Chairman of the South-east Governors Forum and Governor of
Ebonyi State, David Umahi; Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi;
and Anambra Deputy Governor, Nkem Okeke, were present at the
meeting.

The Imo and Abia governors, Rochas Okorocha and Okezie Ikpeazu,
were said to have travelled outside the county.

Mr. Umahi, who read the communiqué after the meeting, spoke on
the outcome.

“The meeting agreed that these demands by IPOB should not be
absolute, rather the South-east Governors shall immediately engage
the leader of IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, and the entire leadership of IPOB
to further meetings and dialogue with a view to quickening the
resolutions of all issues amicably,” Mr Umahi said briefly.

The meeting with the IPOB leader may not be unconnected with the
recent move by the federal government to re-arrest him on alleged
violations of his bail condition. Mr Kanu is currently on bail
after being charged with alleged treasonable offences.

Mr. Kanu in a recent reaction dared the federal government to
arrest him.

Kanu is currently agitating for a sovereign state of Biafra.

The South-east governors on Wednesday said dialogue and not
confrontation was the only panacea needed to solve the agitation by
the Indigenous People Of Biafra, IPOB.

The governors had a meeting on Wednesday with the IPOB leader,
Nnamdi Kanu, at the Government House, Enugu.

The governors, it was gathered, told the IPOB leader during the
meeting that the group’s demands ‘must not be absolute.’

The forum also promised to engage the entire leadership of IPOB
in further dialogue to address their demands.

The meeting commenced at about 2 p.m. and ended by 4.30 p.m.

Mr. Kanu arrived Enugu Government House around 1.30 p.m. in the
company of a constitutional lawyer, Ben Nwabueze, who is also the
leader of Igbo Leaders of Thought, ILT, and Eliot Uko, deputy
secretary of ILT.

The Chairman of the South-east Governors Forum and Governor of
Ebonyi State, David Umahi; Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi;
and Anambra Deputy Governor, Nkem Okeke, were present at the
meeting.

The Imo and Abia governors, Rochas Okorocha and Okezie Ikpeazu,
were said to have travelled outside the county.

Mr. Umahi, who read the communiqué after the meeting, spoke on
the outcome.

“The meeting agreed that these demands by IPOB should not be
absolute, rather the South-east Governors shall immediately engage
the leader of IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, and the entire leadership of IPOB
to further meetings and dialogue with a view to quickening the
resolutions of all issues amicably,” Mr Umahi said briefly.

The meeting with the IPOB leader may not be unconnected with the
recent move by the federal government to re-arrest him on alleged
violations of his bail condition. Mr Kanu is currently on bail
after being charged with alleged treasonable offences.

Mr. Kanu in a recent reaction dared the federal government to
arrest him.

Kanu is currently agitating for a sovereign state of Biafra.