Popular Nollywood actor and comedian Ime Bishop Umoh, widely known as Okon Lagos, has called on the Federal Government to release detained IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu, saying the move would promote peace and national reconciliation, even if it doesn’t make legal sense.
Speaking on The Clarity Zone podcast, Umoh argued that Kanu’s agitation for Biafra’s secession was driven by emotional decisions rooted in the perceived marginalisation of the Igbo people.
“I am one million percent of the opinion that Nnamdi Kanu should be freed. Free him. It may not make legal sense depending on what they have claimed, that the evidences that have been put in the fore of the ‘crimes’ he has committed,” he said.
He added: “It doesn’t need to make legal sense, but it makes moral common sense.”
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When asked by co-host Nedu Wazobia to clarify what he meant by “moral common sense,” Umoh responded:
“It is morally right. Of course, he is a human being and he took emotional decisions… He felt that his people were being marginalised and he started agitating for Biafra’s secession.”
Umoh’s comments have sparked renewed debate around Kanu’s prolonged detention and the broader implications for ethnic reconciliation and civil liberties in Nigeria.
As of the time of this report, the Federal Government has not responded to Umoh’s appeal.
