Archbishop Chukwuma denies involvement in Nnamdi Kanu arrest

Most Rev. Emmanuel Chukwuma, Enugu Ecclesiastical Province Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, has declared that he has no hand in the arrest and repatriation of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, to Nigeria.

Chukwuma said he had strongly maintained a dignified position on justice and fair play in governance at all levels for the Igbo nation.

The Nigerian government had recently arrested and repatriated the IPOB leader from an unknown African country.

Reacting, the clergyman said involving him in the despicable act of Kanu’s abduction and repatriation is a joke taken too far.

In a statement he signed and issued to journalists in Enugu, Chukwuma said linking him to such an act was laughable, reprehensible and very unfortunate.

Further dismissing such a claim, Chukwuma recalled defending IPOB against the terrorist tag by the Nigerian government.

In my privileged position as a religious leader, I have vehemently maintained a stoic and dignified position on justice and fair play in governance at all levels, and adherence to due process and constitutionality while seeking justice for the oppressed.