Peter Obi’s Call for Kanu’s Release Sparks Rebuke from Soludo’s Aide

Peter Obi recently told Nigerians in Washington, D.C. that there was no justification for the continued detention of IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu. A video of his remarks has since gone viral online. Ejimofor Opara, special adviser on media to Anambra Governor Chukwuma Soludo, condemned Obi’s comments. He said Peter Obi should apologise to both the Nigerian judiciary and the Finnish courts, where Kanu’s protégé Simon Ekpa received a six-year sentence for terrorism offences. Opara reminded Nigerians that Obi’s own political career benefited from court rulings. He argued Obi’s stance was “careless and self-serving” and warned that pandering to terrorists would hurt his election chances. For context, a Finnish court jailed Simon Ekpa in 2025 for promoting Biafra independence by illegal means. Later that year, a Nigerian court sentenced Nnamdi Kanu to life imprisonment for terrorism-related charges.

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