President Bola Tinubu is set to release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), according to Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, Nigeria’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.

Speaking during the 13th memorial anniversary of the late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu in Owerri, Ambassador Ojukwu highlighted the President’s understanding of the significance of Kanu’s release. She emphasized that this step would reveal those misusing IPOB’s name to instigate violence in the Southeast.

“President Tinubu understands the importance of Kanu’s release. It will expose the masqueraders behind the violence and help restore order. I will do whatever it takes to ensure His Excellency grants this request,” Ojukwu stated.

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The ambassador stressed that the release of Kanu would separate genuine advocates for freedom from those causing unrest in the region. She urged the Igbo community to work collectively to reclaim the Southeast from criminality and insecurity, noting that Igbo traditions oppose harming their own people.

“Ndigbo are enterprising and their brother’s keepers. We must reclaim our land and continue to promote the ideals for which Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu stood,” she said.

Condemning the violent “sit-at-home” orders enforced in the region, Ojukwu criticized their impact on economic activities and described them as contradictory to the principles of self-determination.