ARREST OF NNAMDI KANU: S’EAST DEMANDS EQUAL RIGHT & JUSTICE – ANYANWU

Following the recent arrest and arraignment of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu by Federal Government of Nigeria Senator Samuel Nnaemeka Anyanwu says that what the South East geopolitical zone is demanding for were equal right, justice and fair play in his trial.

Anyanwu, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stalwart in Imo State and the Distinguished Senator that represented Imo East Senatorial Zone in the 8th Assembly stated this in a press statement issued by his media aide, Mr Mr. Ikenna Onuoha and made available to news men in Owerri.

The astute politician while citing Peter Tosh of blessed memory and a reggae musical idol to justify his statement, he maintained that Igbo people are not crying for peace, but for equal rights and justice in Nigeria, adding that until genuine dialogue is put in place, the call for one Nigeria will be a tall dream.

According to him, “as Nigerians are waiting for the outcome of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s trial, the entire world is equally watching carefully if fair hearing and laid down legal processes will be seen to have been applied”

Senator Anyanwu therefore cautioned any political office holder making inciting statements or mocking the South East over the arrest of the leader of IPOB to desist and allow the law to take its cause, warning that such comments are capable of creating ethnic crisis.

According to him “it is unnecessary for any person occupying a position of trust to spark off another security tension now that the masses are coming out from similar challenges few months ago. My candid advice is for all regions in Nigeria to respect the South East not as a tribe but as one of the major ethnic groups in Nigeria.” He stated

While calling on the Igbo to remain calm, he also wondered if what the Minister of Information and Culture, Mr. Lai Muhammed said that Mazi Kanu’s trial would follow due process will be realistic.