Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, was at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Tuesday to meet President Bola Tinubu as part of efforts believed to broker a political resolution and secure the release of detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.
The meeting comes just after Otti’s recent visit to Kanu at the Sokoto prison, where the IPOB leader is serving a life sentence handed him by a Federal High Court in Abuja.
After a lengthy wait for the meeting to end, Otti eventually departed the meeting and declined to speak with State House correspondents.
Governor Otti was accompanied on the Sokoto visit by Kanu’s younger brother, Emmanuel Kanu; the Abia State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Ikechukwu Uwanna (SAN); and his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ferdinand Ekeoma.
Officials of the Sokoto State Government were also present.
Since assuming office, Governor Otti has consistently maintained that resolving Nnamdi Kanu’s case remains an option he would pursue.
“While Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is free to appeal his conviction, I’m happy to inform you that I have activated, and will continue to work on, the already agreed strategy until his freedom is secured,” Governor Otti had said through his media aide.
