Nollywood actor Yul Edochie is appealing to the Federal Government of Nigeria to release the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and human rights activist, Yoruba self-determination activist, and philanthropist Sunday Adeniyi Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho.
Actor Yul Edochie who had said this in a social media post on Tuesday 25th October 2021, posted a photo of both Nnamdi Kanu and Sunday Igboho where he asked the Federal Government to follow the line of dialogue and peace in resolving issues.
He said:
“I appeal to the Federal Government to release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and Sunday Igboho, and follow the line of dialogue and peace.
A country that already has so much challenges facing it, the use of dialogue in this issue will go a long way in establishing peace and unity,” actor yul Edochie added.
Kanu is currently facing trial on a seven-count amended charge bordering on treason and terrorism.
The Federal Government had blamed the IPOB leader for the murder of Dr. Chike Akunyili, the husband of a former Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, late Prof. Dora Akunyili.
A Presidential committee set up by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), had also accused Kanu of being responsible for the murder of a former presidential aide, Ahmad Gulak, and over 184 others in the South-East.
On the other hand, Igboho is currently in a detention facility in Benin Republic after he was arrested in Cotonou, Benin Republic, on July 16, 2021, with his wife, while travelling to Germany.