Former Secretary to the Imo State Government, Hon.
Onyeaguchi has called for the unconditional release of the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
Kanu was arrested and detained by the Federal Government of Nigeria and and had been undergoing trial for treason related charges.
Hon Onyeagucha made the call when speaking as a guest speaker at the Ripples Nigeria National Dialogue held at Sheraton Hotel Lagos on Wednesday.
He called on President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure that Kanu was released without any conditions and reverse the proscription of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra.
According to him ” Moving forward, Nnamdi Kanu should be released unconditionally, IPOB should be de-proscribed, Sunday Igboho should be released unconditionally.
“Every citizen of Nigeria must be free to exercise his inalienable right without fear of any recrimination.
“It is incumbent on all those who aspire to one Nigeria to convince those who are agitating for the right to self-determination within Nigeria why they should abandone their agitation and embrace one Nigeria.
“Bullying, intimidation, arrest , detention, killing and dubious trials are not an option.”
He urged Nigerians to be tolerant of each other and respect each others right to disagree, including right of self-determination.
However, Hon. Onyeagucha called on President Buhari and other Nigerian leaders to apologise to Nigerian masses for the wrongs they have done to Nigerians.
He declared that President Buhari should apologize to Nigerians for staging the December 31 military coup which, according to him, was an act of treason punishable under Nigerian law.
“Our leaders must learn to go back and apologise for things they have done in the past that remained offensive. Buhari must apologise for the December 31, 1983 military coup.
That coup of 1983 was an act of treason which still punishable under our extant laws because a criminal offence was still punishable at all times.
It is not proper that somebody who has already committed treason before all Nigerians by overthrowing a popular and democratically elected government is turning around to harass Nnamdi Kanu and Igboho and trying to charge them for treason.
So you abducted him from Kenya and you want to charge him for treason when you committed your own here in Lagos,” Onyeagucha declared.
Hon Onyeagucha, it would be recalled, was a former member of the House of Representatives and a human rights activist.
Other notable speakers present at the event included Pa Ayo Adebanjo, a respected leader of Yoruba nation, Dr Hakeem Baba Ahmed , a respected leader of the Northern Elders Council, Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, Hon Ndudi Elumelu and other eminent Nigerian personalities.
