Obasanjo In Attendance As Southeast Govs Meet

GOVERNORS of the Southeast geo-political zone Tuesday hosted former President Olusegun Obasanjo who paid the states’ Chief executives a solidarity visit while they decided to meet President Bola Tinubu to press for the release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.

Addressing the media, after over seven hours of deliberation, the five state governors, who were all in attendance, also set up a committee headed by former Senate President, Anyim, Pius Anyim, for the burial of  late Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu.

According to the Chairman of the Southeast Governors Forum and governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodinma, “The Forum commiserates with the family of Ebonyi, Abia, Imo and indeed the entire Southeast region and the entire family of Ogbonnaya Onu on the demise of His Excellency Dr Ogbonnaya Onu.

“The Forum received a delegation of former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, Chief Emeka Anyaoku and His Royal Majesty Igwe Alfred Nnaemeka Achebe, who came on a solidarity visit to this Forum.

“The Forum deliberated on the reviewed report of the Southeast security and economic summit held in Owerri, Imo State on the 28 September 2023 and agreed to implement the aspect of the report about security and economic integration of the Southeast region and affirmed its desire to put actionable plan on the key issues agreed.

“The Forum resolved to visit Mr. President (Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led) to discuss all pressing issues concerning the Southeast region. The Forum also deliberated and resolved to interface with the Federal Government to secure the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.”

Other members of the Ogbonnaya Onu burial committee include the former governor of Rivers State, Chibuike Amechi who will serve as the Secretary of the committee, and other Igbo leaders drawn from the Igbo-speaking states.

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