The Federal Government, under President Bola Tinubu, has expressed willingness to negotiate the release of Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
Minister of Works, David Umahi, made this known while speaking to journalists in Lagos on Friday night, July 4. Umahi, a former two-term governor of Ebonyi State, emphasized that any negotiations must not be tied to political demands or used as leverage for supporting President Tinubu’s potential re-election bid.
He dismissed reports suggesting that some groups in the Southeast were making Kanu’s release a condition for backing Tinubu’s second-term ambition. Instead, Umahi stressed that the path to Kanu’s release should be based on dialogue and divine intervention not political pressure.
“It is not something to be negotiated for political support,” Umahi said. “We believe in dialogue, in peace, and above all, in the grace of God to resolve this issue.”
