22.2.2026
President Bola Tinubu has been called upon to release leader of proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra movement Nnamdi Kanu.
This is the dying wish of a 99-year-old woman Mrs. Sarah Nwanyi Oparaocha from Afaraukwu community in Abia State. She made plea during a gathering of Afaraukwu community members who are also clamouring for the release of Mr. Kanu who is serving a life sentence in Sokoto State after being found guilty on terrorism charges.
“I will soon clock 100 years. I weep every morning during my prayers because of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu,” Mrs Nwanyi Oparaocha said.
“I am pleading with the Nigerian government to release him so I can see him before God calls me.
“I am now 99 years old and will soon be 100 years but my prayers now is to see Nnamdi Kanu with my eyes before God will eventually call me.
“Nobody knows when God will call but I will be happy if I see Kanu before that time.”
Members of the community where Kanu hails from said sine his ordeal many families dependent on Kanu has suffered, they called on the to look into Kanu’s case and release him for the interest of national unity and peace.