The parents of detained Radio Biafra Director, Nnamdi Kanu, have called on the Nigerian authorities to set him free because he isn’t the type of man who seeks for trouble.
Nnamdi Kanu was picked up as soon as he set foot on Nigerian soil from his UK base; for calling for the secession of a Utopian Biafra Republic from Nigeria.
Violent protests have trailed his detention across most of the country’s south.
Kanu’s dad is the monarch of Isiama Afaraukwu in Umuahia North Council Area of Abia State.
Eze Israel Kanu who addressed pressmen alongside his wife Ugoeze Nnenne Kanu from his Ome Udo Palace, pleaded that not a strand of hair from his son should go missing.
“I am pleading with the Federal Government to release my son. Let his freedom be restored. I am aware that in Nigeria, the Constitution guarantees freedom of speech and freedom of expression.
“I am surprised that my son is being detained. I have been asking why he is being held without getting an answer,” Eze Kanu lamented.
The Eze said the circumstances surrounding his son’s detention have left him confused.
“I was confused because my son was coming to see me when he was arrested. When I asked where he was arrested they said Abuja. I sent to confirm his state of health and the report I got is that he is alive, that is why I am able to talk now”.
Eze Kanu however disclosed that his son, who was born during the Nigeria-Biafra war, has never discussed his pro-Biafran activism with him. He also said he can’t talk his son out of his brand of activism seeing as he’s a grown ass man.
According to the monarch, “my son is not a trouble maker, and his campaign reflects the mind of the majority of the people in the South East geopolitical zone given the protests that have trailed his arrest and detention.’
“My son is an adult and fully matured to be able to express his mind on any issue”.
Kanu’s mum, Lolo Ugoeze Kanu took excerpts off the Bible to demand her son’s release.
“The Bible tells us that truth shall set us free. But in Nigeria we are being made to understand that truth is bitter and can even lead to death.
“As a mother, it is painful. I will not deny him, he is my son, but in a democracy I know there is freedom of speech.”
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