Chekwas to Buhari, Release Nnamdi Kanu and Dialogue with IPOB, MASSOB

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          The  founder of the United Progressives Party,
UPP,a Nigerian political party, Chief Chekwas Okorie, has urged President
Muhammadu Buhari to release detained Director
Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, as a panacea to
dialogue with the aggrieved members of the
Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign
State of Biafra, MASSOB, Indigenous People of
Biafra, IPOB, and other affiliate groups
demanding for Biafra secession.








         The former Presidential candidate under the
platform of UPP in last year's general election
made the call against the backdrop of the
increasing spate of violence emanating from
different geopolitical zones in country.








Chief Okorie who spoke to Vanguard, during a
telephone chat revealed that the mounting
peaceful demonstrations and protests by
MASSOB and IPOB which was their legitimate
right have attracted the attention of the United
Nations having sustained it since 1999 and in
over 180 countries.








"The agitation for a separate state of Biafra by
MASSOB, IPOB are legitimate as long as they
have remained non violent and it has been
recognized by the United Nations. I am aware
that the agitation have taken place in 180
countries of the world. In other words it has
been internationalized. My advice to Buhari
therefore, is to dialogue with the groups and
address the agitation.








"The agitation did not spring up over night.
Between 1999 and now, the sufferings of the
people have heightened. That is why the
agitation is increasing in tempo. For this
agitation to succeed, a lot of legal legwork has
to be done which has already commenced. Also,
Diplomatic legwork has to be done which is in
place by IPOB observers in the United Nations.








But the missing link is the Political legwork
which has not begun.
"The political legwork has not started. These are
factors that must come together and not without
the other to lead to a Biafra State. For this to be
achieved, a Referendum must be held in the area
among ourselves. So, it is not an over night
affair. Buhari should instruct the security
agencies not to apply force to these non violent
demonstrators".