Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has denied discussing the issue of Nnamdi Kanu’s release during his meeting with the South East governors in Enugu state.
It was widely reported on Tuesday that Obasanjo alongside Chief Emeka Anyaoku and His Royal Majesty Igwe Alfred Nnaemeka Achebe, met with the South East governors.
Following the meeting, there were speculations that the meeting discussed pressing issue of the release of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
However, Obasanjo in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi, on Wednesday, said the meeting was to discuss regional development issues and the purported planned release of Kanu by the Federal government was not part of it.
He added that part of the issues discussed included security and infrastructure, economic and cooperative/collaboration, which was meant to complement the national economic development agenda.
He said “The meeting with them was at my invitation and of Chief Emeka Anyaoku before their summit begins. The issue of Nnamdi Kanu was not on the agenda and was not discussed in my presence.”
He did not however disclose what the purpose of his meeting with South East governors.
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