PRESS STATEMENT: IGBO GOVERNORS AND THE BETRAYAL OF NNAMDI KANU

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The Concerned Igbo Ministers Commission (CIMC), led by Rev. Tony Uzor, is deeply worried and disappointed by the continued silence and inaction of most Igbo governors over the continued detention of Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.

After the conviction judgment delivered by Justice Omotosho, Igbo governors promised our people that they would urgently meet President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to seek a political and humane solution to this matter.

Till today, only one governor has kept that promise — Governor Alex Otti of Abia State.

The rest have failed our people.

This is no longer a matter of delay or logistics. It is now clear that many of these politicians are not sincere. Their repeated promises have turned into empty words.

WHY THE SILENCE? FEAR AND JEALOUSY:

The truth is painful, but it must be said:

Many Igbo politicians are afraid of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.

They fear his popularity.

They fear his courage.

They fear the love ordinary Igbo people have for him.

They know that if Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is released, their years of betrayal, silence, and cooperation with those oppressing Igbo people will be exposed. That is why, except for Governor Otti, they are comfortable watching an innocent man remain in detention.

These politicians know Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is innocent.

They know he genuinely loves the Igbo people and was ready to die for them.

They know the Eastern Security Network (ESN) was created to protect our communities when governments failed to do so.

They also know that criminals were later sponsored and dressed up as "agitators" to destroy the image of the struggle and blackmail the entire Igbo movement.

THE BIG LIE ABOUT SIT-AT-HOME:

Let us speak plainly.

Mazi Nnamdi Kanu did not declare Monday sit-at-home.

The people acted on their own out of pain and frustration.

More importantly, he tried many times to stop it.

In 2022, when Governor Chukwuma Soludo visited Mazi Nnamdi Kanu at DSS custody, Kanu begged DSS officials to allow him speak to the people and call off sit-at-home and any form of unrest. Governor Soludo witnessed this and even joined in pleading with the DSS. 

The DSS refused.

That refusal created room for criminals — some backed by government interests — to hijack the situation, create insecurity, and then turn around to blame Mazi Nnamdi Kanu for violence he never authorised.

Even in open court, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu called for an end to sit-at-home and violence.

He wrote a hand-written note warning that anyone calling for sit-at-home was not his follower.

So how can anyone honestly claim that a man locked away in DSS custody was organising insecurity across the South-East?

That claim is simply a lie.

IGBO GOVERNORS MUST STOP DECEIVING THE PEOPLE:

The South-East Governors' Forum has promised again and again to meet the President — and has failed again and again.

Our people must now understand the hard truth:

Some of these governors do not want Mazi Nnamdi Kanu to be free.

They believe his freedom will end their political careers built on compromise and silence.

But history is watching. God is watching. The Igbo people are watching.

OUR SIMPLE DEMANDS:

The Concerned Igbo Ministers Commission calls on:

• President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to intervene and bring this injustice to an end.

• Igbo governors to either act now or stop pretending to care.

• Igbo people and all Nigerians to reject lies and stand for truth.

You can jail a man, but you cannot jail the truth.

You can delay justice, but you cannot erase history.

Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu's case is not just about one man — it is about justice, dignity, and the future of our people.

Signed:

Rev. Tony Uzor

President

Concerned Igbo Ministers Commission (CIMC)

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