BREAKING: Former President Obasanjo Denies Pushing For Nnamdi Kanu Release

Former President Obasanjo has denied discussing Nnamdi Kanu’s release with South East Governors yesterday.

 

NewsOnline Nigeria reports that Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has clarified that the release of Nnamdi Kanu was not discussed during his meeting with the South East governors in Enugu on Tuesday, July 2.

 

This Nigeria news platform understands that the governors were invited to the meeting with the former president and Chief Emeka Anyaoku to discuss matters related to regional development.

 

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Obasanjo’s special assistant on media, Kehinde Akinyemi, stated in a statement on Wednesday, July 3, that the meeting focused on regional development issues, including security and infrastructure.

Obasanjo said: “Others were economic and cooperative/collaboration, which was meant to complement the national economic development agenda.”

 

“The meeting with them was at my invitation and of Chief Emeka Anyaoku before their summit begins. The issue of Nnamdi Kanu was not on the agenda and was not discussed in my presence.”

The governors at the meeting were Hope Uzodinma of Imo, Alex Otti of Abia, Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra, Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi, and Peter Mbah of Enugu.