Release Nnamdi Kanu, MASSOB implores Tinubu on Biafra Day

Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, has been imprisoned by the Department of State Services. The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra has begged President Bola Tinubu to free him.

During a celebration of the 56th anniversary of Biafra on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, MASSOB leader Uchenna Madu made the appeal in a statement.

“Today, we remembered, celebrated, and commemorated the sacrifices our valiant Biafra soldiers made for our freedom,” the statement said. MASSOB recalled the suffering, agony, starvation, subjections, hunger, mesmerization, and tremendous costs that our ancestors—fathers, mothers, brothers, and sisters—paid for the freedom of Biafra.

We will continue to remember them because they inspire and rekindle our unwavering and unwavering zeal and commitment to the self-determination of Biafra every time they suffer.

“The non-violent approach is the cornerstone of the new struggle for Biafra’s restoration and self-determination, which is led by MASSOB and others.

In remembrance of the brutalities, persecutions, mesmerization, traumatic torture, extrajudicial killings, afflictions, imprisonment, and traumatic deaths at the hands of Nigerian security agents, MASSOB members are in a sombre state of reflection today across the globe.

“The more political detention the freedom fighters endure, the harder they become, and the more uncontrollable their supporters become.

“MASSOB demands that the new president of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu, who has previously stated that he does not believe in Nigeria, release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of IPOB.

“MASSOB thanks the people of Biafra for their gracious observance of today’s Biafra Day anniversary celebration,” it says.