Olusegun Obasanjo, Former President of Nigeria has clarified that the release of Nnamdi Kanu was not discussed during his meeting with the South East governors in Enugu on Tuesday.
According to him, the governors were only invited to the meeting with him and Chief Emeka Anyaoku to discuss matters related to regional development.
Obasanjo’s special assistant on media, Kehinde Akinyemi, made the clarification in a statement on Wednesday.
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Akinyemi said the meeting focused on regional development issues, including security and infrastructure.
“Others were economic and cooperative/collaboration, which was meant to complement the national economic development agenda.
“The meeting with them was at my invitation and of Chief Emeka Anyaoku before their summit begins. The issue of Nnamdi Kanu was not on the agenda and was not discussed in my presence.” He said.
The governors at the meeting were Hope Uzodinma of Imo, Alex Otti of Abia, Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra, Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi, and Peter Mbah of Enugu.
