Ezeali Ndubueze Jonas calls for the release of Nnamdi Kanu.
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The Traditional Prime Minister of the Igbo in South Africa and the founder of Ohaneze Ndi Igbo South Africa, Chief Ezeali Udeji Ndubueze a.k.a. Jonas, has condemned in outright terms, the marginalization of Ndi Igbo in Nigeria and described it as an institutional monster which started immediately after the war of 1967 to 1970.
Chief Ezeali Udeji Ndubueze who holds the title of the Ovia Inyinya Igurube Okodo of Nenwa Enugu, in Enugu State, made this call while addressing the audience in a keynote address he presented at the 2021 New Yam Festival organized by the Ohaneze Ndi Igbo South African chapter. Chief Jonas further condemned the rising waves of violence and criminal activities in the Southeast Nigeria and appealed to Igbo stakeholders especially the governors, senators and other influential men and women of Igbo extraction from the organized private sector to wade into the crisis and halt it immediately and safe lives.
While making the call, Chief Jonas also reminded the Igbo politicians to jettison their political differences and party variations and work together and save the Igbo masses.
Chief Jonas also seriously frowned beyond the imagination of many over what he described as the abduction of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu MNK, from Kenya and his continued detention without trial in Nigeria. He appealed to the Federal Government of Nigeria to unconditionally release MNK and give peace a chance in Igboland. He described nepotism, suppression and injustice across the country as the root causes for ethnic agitations and separatist movements taking place in Nigeria today.
On his solution to the crisis going on in Nigeria, Chief Jonas advocated that the Federal Government of Nigeria should convey a stakeholders meeting on security and address the lapses across the country. In his final note, he called upon Igbo leaders to unite as one and create a new front on how to manage the crises affecting the Southeastern Nigeria so as to put the Igbo in their former prestigious position as peaceful and hardworking people.”
