Ohaneze Youth Council (OYC), the apex Igbo socio-cultural youth organization (OYC) led by Comrade Igboayaka .O. Igboayaka, has passionately called for the unconditional release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and other detained members of the group ahead of the upcoming 2027 general elections.
The group called on President Ahmed Tinubu to immediately commence the process of seeking a political solution between the federal government and the IPOB for a peaceful resolution of the lingering issues.
IPOB, in a press statement it issued on Friday September 6 2026, the president of OYC, the groups National President Igboayaka, noted that the illegal abduction, prolonged detention of the IPOB leader is a major source anger, frustration and security challenges in the zone despite the reported orchestrated efforts.
The group called on President Tinubu to demonstrate statesmanship by adopting dialogue and a political approach towards resolving the matter in the interest of peace and security in the South East geo-political zone.
The Youth leader recalled the circumstances surrounding the abduction of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and his subsequent five-years incarceration by the Department of State Services (DSS) under the administration of the late President Muhammadu Buhari were viewed by the new Igbo generation of Igbo extraction as an unforgivable act.
Igboayaka, further stated that “it will go down in the annals of history that the late President Muhammadu Buhari left office with deep-seated enmity from Ndigbo over the abduction and incarceration of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu must avoid repeating such tribal grievances against the Igbo by releasing Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and all IPOB detainees currently languishing in various police cells and Nigerian prisons,” Comrade Igboayaka stated.
Comrade Igboayaka O. Igboayaka, called on the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led Federal Government to end what it described as the double standard of pampering negotiations with terrorists and kidnappers, while simultaneously pursuing lingering terrorism charges against Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, a self-determination leader, seeking for only referendum in Nigeria.
One of the greatest pathways to national healing and reconciliation amid the current political climate, according to the Ohanaeze Youth Council Boss Comrade Igboayaka, is for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to adopt a political solution by releasing Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and all pro-Biafra detainees before the next general election, Comrade Igboayaka Stated.
“It is obvious that Southeast political leaders like Senator David Nweze Umahi, Prof. Charles Soludo, Dr. Peter Mbah, Rt. Hon. Francis Nwifuru, and Senator Hope Uzodimma, who are promising President Bola Ahmed Tinubu votes, are jokers of this generation. They lack the capacity, influence and acceptability to move the electorate or Ndigbo to vote for him.
The only thing that can make Ndigbo consider voting for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2027 is the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and all pro-Biafrans in detention,” Comrade Igboayaka revealed.
