Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has denied discussing the release of Nnamdi Kanu with South East governors in Enugu on Tuesday.
This was contained in a statement by the Special Assistant on Media to the former President, Kehinde Akinyemi, on Wednesday in Abeokuta.
He said that contrary to media reports, Obasanjo and Emeka Anyaoku, a former Commonwealth Secretary-General, met with the governors on their own invitation to discuss regional development issues.
Mr Akinyemi said that the purported release of Mr Kanu by the Federal Government was not part of it.
He said that the regional development issues discussed include security and infrastructure, economic and cooperative collaboration among others.
“The meeting with them was at my invitation and of Anyaoku before their summit began.
“The issue of Nnamdi Kanu was not on the agenda and was not discussed in my presence,” the statement quoted Mr Obasanjo as saying.
Governor Alex Otti of Abia had, at the end of the South-East Governors’ meeting on Tuesday, posted a message on X, which some interpreted to mean that Mr Obasanjo joined in taking a decision to engage the Federal Government over Mr Kanu’s case.
