Anambra State governor, Chief Willie Obiano, has denied involvement in the alleged arrest and extradition of separatist leader, Nnamdi Kanu.

Obiano who spoke through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. James Eze, in a press release said there was no truth that Obiano and some other people mentioned by separatist agitators worked to deliver Kanu to the Buhari-led federal government.

Eze’s press release read in part: “Our attention has been drawn to a story in alleging that the Governor of Anambra State, His Excellency, Chief Willie Obiano was involved in the plot to kidnap and repatriate Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) from Kenya to Nigeria.

“The general public is enjoined to disregard that story because it is totally false without the tinniest grain of truth. The governor of Anambra State had no hand in any plot against Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.”

Eze stated further that the federal government didn’t need the assistance of any state governor to arrest anyone, as it has the capability and also controlled the country’s military.

“It should be crystal clear to anyone that the Federal Government of Nigeria headed by Muhammadu Buhari as the President and Commander-in -Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces, does not need the assistance of a governor who has no control over any security and intelligence architecture to do whatever it wants to do.

“The report is therefore a deliberate act of mischief that should be ignored by the general public,” he said.

Ekweremadu in Montenegro, Presents Nigeria’s MoU with Int’l Parliament

Former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has presented the signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Nigeria and the International Parliament for Tolerance and Peace, IPTP in Montenegro.

Ekweremadu, who is Nigeria’s sole founding Member and representative at the Parliament, presented the MoU consummated on Nigeria’s behalf by the President of the Nigerian Senate and Chairman of the National Assembly, Senator Ahmed Lawan, at the ongoing procedural session of the Parliament in the southeastern European nation.

This was even as the Prime Minister of Montenegro, Zdravko Krivokapic, has while meeting with the parliamentarians on Thursday, expressed support for the ideals of peace and tolerance espoused by the IPTP.

Presenting the MoU to Dr. Ahmed Bin Mohamed Al-Jawaran, President of the Global Council for Tolerance and Peace (GCTP), parent body of IPTP, at the yesterday’s plenary session, Ekweremadu expressed the gratitude of the National Assembly and Nigerian people to the specialised parliament, noting that it would open a new vista of opportunities and collaborations for Nigeria and her people.

“Ours is an emerging democracy and I believe that the MoU completed today will benefit Nigeria in the forms of greater inter-parliamentary collaborations and opportunities to learn from the experience of others in nation-building and strengthening the values of democracy, justice, peace, and tolerance.

“Importantly, it will enable Nigerian parliamentarians to benefit from training and capacity-building programmes sponsored by the IPTP and also open to Nigerians and her youth the doors of various fully funded post-graduate degree programmes in the areas of peace building, conflict resolution, mediation, and tolerance in top notch universities around the world”.

Consummating the MoU, President of the Global Council for Tolerance and Peace, Dr. Al-Jawaran, said the articles of the MoU were in line with the objectives of the IPTP to promote inter-parliamentary collaboration and engender a new global culture of tolerance and peace.

In his remarks, the Prime Minister of Montenegro, Krivokapic, while commending the IPTP on its resilience in advancing global peace, expressed his country’s commitment to the values espoused the global parliament.

“I am glad that Montenegro hosted parliamentarians from 41 countries, confirming that it belongs to the global trends, procedures and that it shares the same values and goals with the international partners, which are based on cooperation, tolerance, and peace”, he added.

Source: This Day