The Labour Party caucus of House of Assembly members in the South-East have extended their voices to the recent demands for the release of leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who has been detained by the Department of State Services (DSS) since 2021.
The legislators in a five-point communique issued in Awka on Saturday, stressed that the release of Kanu is significant to the current security situation bedeviling the South-East region.
They called on President Tinubu to attend to this prevailing crisis, emphasizing that Kanu’s release would reduce the infiltration of criminal elements hiding under agitations.
Also, the lawmakers appealed to South-East governors and leaders to facilitate full fiscal autonomy for state Houses of Assembly, highlighting the role it plays in building up the nation’s democracy.
The communique was signed by Jude Umennajiego, Kingsley Udemezue, Chidimma Mbachu, Nkechi Ogbuefi, Justice Azuka, Harrison Ogara, Eze Gabriel, Malachy Onyechi, Raymond Ugwu, Fred Ezenwa, and Osita Okoh, representing the Labour Party in the South-East House of Assembly.
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