Following the continued detention of the Biafra Radio director, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, by the Federal Government, a group, the Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC), has demanded the immediate release of the activist, saying it is long overdue.

It would be recalled that Kanu, who is the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), had been in detention after he was arraigned in court by the Federal Government.

Speaking on his continued detention, President of the OYC, Mr. Okechukwu Isiguzoro, said by releasing the pro-Biafran activist,it would help in calming frayed nerves across the South-East and the South- South region.

He said: “The continuous detention of Kanu is in no small measure contributing to the volatile security situation in Southern Nigeria.

“On so many occasions, several agitating groups have given his detention as one of the many reasons behind their activities.”

Isiguzoro in a statement he issued in Enugu, said: “In the light of the above, we urge the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to give peace a chance by enabling an atmosphere of dialogue.

“Both the international conventions and the Nigerian Constitution allow for selfdetermination. However, we insist that such much be done with due regard to the laws of the land. We, therefore, urge the present government to unconditionally free Kanu from detention.

“The government should take our assurances that we shall make efforts that no one take up arms against the government. We say this because the IPOB, to which Kanu is a member, has remained non-violent and peaceful.”

In the same vein, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has denied receiving the sum of N20 million from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant in Abia State, Dr. Uche Ogah, over the lingering governorship seat tussle in the state.

The President General of group, Gary Enwo-Igariwey, in an interview yesterday, described the allegation as baseless, saying anybody with prove should come forward and substantiate it.

According to Igariwey, the shooting that occurred at the Ohanaeze secretariat which caused a scare during a meeting last week was an issue between the two warring factions of the youth wing of Ohanaeze which, he said, they were trying to resolve.

The president general stated that trouble ensued when the National publicity secretary of the youth wind, Obinna Adibe, who belong to the Arthur Okafor-led faction, allegedly came with policemen from the Enugu State Area Command to arrest one of the youth leaders, Alex Okemiri.

“I will sue anybody who wants to rubbish the good name of Ohanaeze to court. No crisis in Ohanaeze but only in the youth wind which we are about resolving. No any Ohanaeze took money from Uche Ogah as alleged,” he said.

Meanwhile, members of the IPOB have commiserated with the defunct leader of Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Chief Asari Dokubo, who lost his first wife to a motor accident on her way to Ibadan.

In a statement made available by the spokesman for the group, Mr. Emma Powerful, urged Dokubo and his family to bear the irreparable loss