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As the national clamour for Nnamdi Kanu’s release from detention intensifies, no fewer than 44 federal lawmakers from different regions in Nigeria have written a two-page letter and resolution to President Bola Tinubu calling for the release of the IPOB leader.
The National Assembly members urged the President to invoke his constitutional powers and release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu from detention.
They also asked him to convene an all inclusive political roundtable with all parties to the challenges to find a lasting solution via a political window.
The 44 members of the House of Representatives appealed to President Tinubu release the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu from custody.
The lawmakers under the aegis of concerned federal lawmakers in the letter addressed to the President urged him to as soon as practicable, direct the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, to exercise his constitutional powers and discontinue the prosecution of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
The letter addressed to President Bola Tinubu was signed by Hon. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, Hon. Obi Aguocha, Hon. Murphy Osaro, Hon. Peter Akpanke, Hon. Mudshiru Lukman, Hon. Paul Nnamechi
Hon. Barr. Sunday Cyriacus, Hon. Obed Shehu, Hon. Engr. Dominic, Hon. Chief Ugwu Emmanuel, Hon. Daniel Asama Ago
Hon. Chike John Okafor, Hon. Adam Ogene Ogbaru.
Others are; Hon. Emeka Martin’s Chinedu
Hon. Chimaobi Sam, Hon. Alex Mascot Ikwechegh, Hon. Donatus Matthew
Hon. Ibe Osonwa, Barr. Okey-Joe Onuakalusi, Hon. Mudashiru Lukman
Hon. Thaddeus Atta, Hon. Udema H. Okonkwo, Hon. Cyril Godwin, Hon. Princess Chinwe Nnabuike, Hon. Kana Nkemkama
Hon. Peter Aniekwe, Hon. Gwachem Maureen, Hon. Onwunka, Hon. Anayo Onwuegbu, Hon. Nwobosi Joseph, Hon. Amobi Godwin, Hon. Blessing Amadi, Hon. Anthony Adebayo Adepoju, Hon. Dr. Joshua Audu Gana, Hon. Chris Nkwonta, Hon. Emeka Idu, Hon. Peter Ifeanyi Uzokwe
Hon. Matthew Nwogu, Hon. Tochukwu Okere, Hon. Benedict Etanabene, Hon. Godwin Offiono, Hon. Ngozi Okolie and Hon. Nnamdi Ezechi.
The lawmakers called for discontinuance of the prosecution, and initiation of constructive dialogue, aimed at seeking a just political solution of the matter.
The letter read in part, “Dear Mr. President, THE NATIONAL INTEREST DRIVEN RESOLUTION BY CONCERNED FEDERAL LAWMAKERS ON THE ISSUE OF MAZI NNAMDI KANU CONTINUED DETENTION. after a closed door strategic meeting of the following federal lawmakers committed to promotion of national unity and stability; and after extensive consultations across all party lines and different ethnic groups, we hereby wrote and subscribe to this Letter to Mr. President, concerning Mazi Nnamdi Kanu: Driven by the abiding and urgent need for national reconciliation and healing; and Having noted the Federal Government’s open negotiations with militants and different agitating groups in different parts of Nigeria; and in view of the insecurity that has pervaded Southeast since late 2015 and which spiked since 2021; and in the realisation of the many domestic court and international tribunal pronouncements in favour of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu; and in the face of the growing national groundswell supporting the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and for the discontinuance of his prosecution.
“We, the within-named federal lawmakers, hereby respectfully and earnestly request our dear President, His Excellency, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as follows: To, as soon as practicable, direct the Attorney-General of the Federation to exercise his constitutional powers and discontinue the prosecution of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu; and To, pursuant to the discontinuance of the prosecution, initiate a constructive dialogue, aimed at seeking a just political solution of the matter.
“We are grateful to you, our dear President, for Your Excellency’s prompt consideration of our request; and please be assured of our continuing respects for your high office.”
SaharaReporters on Monday reported that Tinubu was urged to invoke Section 174 of the 1999 Constitution to discontinue the prosecution of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
A Nigerian lawmaker, Hon. Obinna Aguocha, had made the appeal in a strongly worded letter to the president, dated November 17, 2025, highlighting constitutional defects in the charges against Kanu, including the illegal rendition from Kenya, which he said “poisons the prosecution’s limbs”.
Aguocha, who represents Ikwuano/Umuahia North/Umuahia South Federal Constituency in Abia State, argued that Kanu’s continued detention has contributed to the insecurity and economic crisis in the South-East region.
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