The Digest:
Nigeria’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Bianca Ojukwu, has called for calm and collective dialogue following the life imprisonment of Nnamdi Kanu. The wife of late Biafran leader Odumegwu Ojukwu urged Igbo stakeholders and political leaders to seek a political solution, emphasizing that the path to resolution remains open despite the court’s verdict.
Key Points:
- Bianca Ojukwu has appealed for calm following Nnamdi Kanu’s life sentence.
- She urged Igbo leaders to engage collectively with the federal government.
- The minister emphasized dialogue as the most effective path to resolution.
- She assured that prospects for a political solution still exist.
- Ojukwu called for restraint from actions that could escalate tension.
- Kanu was moved to a Sokoto prison shortly after his sentencing.
- The IPOB leader was convicted on seven counts of terrorism.
Sources: Premium Times, Vanguard
