By Chibuike Nwabuko
ABUJA (PRECISE POST) – Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu, PhD, CFR, has assured Nigerians that hope remains alive for the release of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, despite Thursday’s judgment of a Federal High Court in Abuja sentencing him to life imprisonment.
Addressing journalists, Kalu said a political solution—previously stalled due to the ongoing court process—will now be actively pursued to secure Kanu’s freedom. The Deputy Speaker expressed firm confidence that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, would listen to the appeals of respected Igbo leaders and consider an executive intervention.
This was contained in a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Deputy Speaker,House of Representatives, Levinus Nwabughiogu made available to PRECISE POST in Abuja on Thursday.
According to statement, Kalu urged residents of the South East and Nigerians at large to remain calm and hopeful, insisting that the judgment had reopened the door for political negotiations.
“It is now time to explore political solutions that had been hindered because the matter was before the court. But now that the court has finished, it is time to intensify requests for the President’s intervention, and we are sure that the President is not averse to it,” Kalu said. “We are going to get it. All hope is not lost. Our people should remain calm.”
