newstogong.comOct 13, 2023 3:12 PM


A new report has revealed when Nnamdi Kanu will be released.
News ToGo learned that Kanu would have regained his freedom if not for the Imo State politics and the forthcoming governorship election in the state. So, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has remained in detention.

However, a report by SaharaReporters, revealed that Kanu would be released after the Imo State governorship election. The poll is coming up on 11 November 2023 barring any last minute change.

Recall that Kanu, the leader of the separatist group was on June 19, 2021, abducted from Nairobi airport in Kenya and then detained 10 days in Kenya. That incident took place under Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. He was later flown by private plane from Kenya to Nigeria later in June 2021.

Since Kanu was brought to Nigeria to face trial for terrorism charges, he has been detained at the headquarters of the Department of State Services, DSS, Nigeria’s secret police, in the capital city, Abuja.

Mr Kanu, a British citizen, has requested consular assistance from the British government, but the appeals failed.

Meanwhile, sources in the Presidency on Friday told the publication cited above that President Bola Tinubu would have ordered the release of Kanu but he was advised against doing so at this time by some politicians close to him.

Tinubu was advised to hold on till after Imo State governorship election as Kanu’s release before then could have political implications in the Southeast region.

“The release of Nnamdi Kanu was stalled by the Southeast politics of Imo. They claimed to Tinubu that his release might affect the election in Imo so the President