ADF noted that, “Nnamdi Kanu is not a criminal and cannot be treated or tried as such. He is a freedom fighter like other genuine Igbo Patriots engaged in the Igbo liberation struggle.

The United Nations in 2007 passed a resolution asserting the right of Ethnic Nationalities to Self-determination.”

The group called on the President Muhammadu Buhari led federal government to create an atmosphere for dialogue with those agitating for self determination instead of criminalizing their agitations.

“The Federal Government should create a conducive atmosphere for dialogue with agitators for Self-determination instead of pursuing them like common criminals,” the group said.

“The situation in Nigeria today shows clearly that there is an unstoppable longing for freedom by all Ethnic Nationalities which is a rejection of the forced federalism created by Lord Frederick Lugard in 1914.

“If the oppressors refuse to embrace dialogue and diplomacy in resolving the crises of the Nigerian monolithic federation, then the Ethnic Nationalities reserve the capacity to assert their rights to Self-determination, which would ultimately lead to the disintegration of the country into Autonomous Republics be bb, existing under the banner of the African Union.”

Nwachineke Onyeke Chekwube reporting, Obinwannem news writer/October 23, 2021.