Atiku Will Grant Kanu Unconditional Release If Elected, Says PDP PCC

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar will grant unconditional release to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu, if elected president in the February 25 election, says Director General of the Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) in Anambra State, Prof. Obiora Okonkwo.

Okonkwo made this known in a statement on Monday while urging people of the zone to support the PDP presidential candidate to win the election.

He said: “I am saying this with every sense of responsibility that Atiku will grant Nnamdi Kanu unconditional release. That is in Atiku’s agenda for permanent peace in the South East.

“In addition, he will apply a political solution to release all those genuine IPOB agitators in detention without trial.

“Atiku’s government had serious talks with the group and others, with the view to restoring their faith in the country, and making them part of the efforts for a better Nigeria.

“However, the criminal elements will be dealt with decisively. What we are now, therefore, saying is that for this to happen, peace must reign for elections in the South East, and the need for the southeasterners to fall behind PDP,” Okonkwo said.