Take Nnamdi Kanu seriously, he has many followers in South-East – Ifeanyi Ubah tells FG

Senator representing Anambra south, Ifeanyi Ubah has called on the Federal Government to take Nnamdi Kanu’s case seriously as he has many followers in the South East. Ubah through Agugoesi Ikem, his counsel, had filed a motion seeking to visit the Embattled lPOB leader in DSS custody on October 15.

Speaking with Arise TV on Monday, Ubah stated that his goal was to engage the IPOB leader to “get him to talk to his people” about their stand on the Anambra governorship election.

Ubah, who is the candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) in the election, said, “IPOB is a very big force,” adding that he hopes to persuade them “to look into the issue” because boycotting the election “doesn’t really help our people”.

“You must understand that Nnamdi Kanu has a lot of followership in the south-east. So, the government should take him seriously. But we are engaging and finding political solutions to this issue. We are engaging with IPOB and showing them the importance of this election. The most important thing is that the election is constitutional, and I’m also very much sure that on the day of the election, there would be a peaceful election in Anambra state,” the senator said.

“I’m the only politician that’s working hard to see the reader of the indigenous people of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, so that I can also have the opportunity of talking to him and get him to talk to his people to look into the issue. Because the election is constitutional, and if really anybody loves our people, they shouldn’t be saying there’ll be no election.

“It doesn’t really help our people. If there’s no election, there will be voters apathy, and somebody might come in and then do something that might not augur well.

“IPOB is a very big force because most of them are not even in Nigeria. And they have their way with the media, and people are listening to them. So, that’s why I have dedicated myself to how we can bring in and proffer a political solution.”