The Senator representing Delta North, Ned Nwoko, has said the release of Nnamdi Kanu will bring peace to South-East
According to Nwoko, peace has continued to elude the South-East region because of the perceived injustice and marginalisation faced by the zone under successive Nigerian governments.
Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, Nwoko said the Federal Government could restore peace in the region by addressing two key issues — the creation of Anioma State and the release of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.
“The problem in the South-East has to do with the perceived injustice by successive governments,” Nwoko said.
“So, what needs to be done, and it’s one of the reasons I am here today, is the creation of a new state to make up the number to six, and then the release of Nnamdi Kanu. By the time you do these two things, I am almost certain that peace will return to the South-East.”
The lawmaker, who is championing the creation of Anioma State from the present Delta State to become the sixth state in the South-East, argued that the imbalance in the number of states among Nigeria’s regions has contributed to political and economic inequality.
He also maintained that Kanu’s prolonged detention has further deepened grievances and unrest in the region.
“Nnamdi Kanu is being held unjustly. His incarceration is the main reason for the continued unrest in the South-East,” he said.
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