A Coalition of South-East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, has said the only solution to the security crisis rocking the region is the freedom of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.
In a statement issued on Monday, the President General of the coalition, Goodluck Ibem called on President Bola Tinubu to obey the Court of Appeal judgement which earlier ordered the release of Kanu from the Department of State Services, DSS, custody.
Ibem argued that the continuous incarceration of the IPOB leader despite court ruling was unlawful and illegal.
Affirming an assertion recently made by the Vice President, Kashim Shettima that military might cannot solve the problem in the Northeast but a non-kinetic solution, the coalition said only the release of Kanu and negotiation with agitators would quel the trouble in the South-East.
He said: “Shettima’s statement has provided the lead way to what should be done to stop the sit-st-home and insecurity ravaging the South East.
“What is good for the goose is also good for the gander, since Shettima has come up with a workable approach towards solving insecurity in the Northeast, we demand that the same approach be adopted to solve the security challenge in the South East region.”
