UMUAHIA– The Igbo Community Association in Abuja has urged President Bola Tinubu to heed the calls of concerned Nigerians and the international community to free the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
The association said Kanu’s continued detention is having negative implications across the South East, the entire country, and among Nigerians abroad.
In a statement issued by its President General, Ikenna Ellis-Ezenekwe, the group noted that it is closely observing all developments concerning the imprisoned IPOB leader, describing his incarceration as an injustice against a marginalized people.
The statement read: “The judgment of November 20, 2025, smacks of judicial recklessness. It is similar to the incidents that threatened to end the existence of Nigeria during the period leading up to the pogrom of 1966.
“The Igbo Community Association, FCT, is concerned about what the resultant effects of this judgment would have in the South East and other regions in Nigeria.
“With a saddened heart, the Igbo Community Association FCT calls on the Tinubu administration to listen to the voice of the people and release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu from prison. The President should also listen to the voices of forty-four legislators of the National Assembly who have joined the call for President Tinubu to seek a political solution to the Nnamdi Kanu impasse.
“The Igbo Community Association, FCT is advising President Tinubu to seize this opportunity and grant Nnamdi Kanu freedom. It would be the wise approach to this situation. Igbos are Nigerians. We deserve to be treated as Nigerians.
“Nnamdi Kanu is a Nigerian. He deserves to be treated as one.”