The African Action Congress (AAC) governorship candidate in Abia State, Dr. Doris Ogala, has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to facilitate the release of the jailed leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, describing him as someone she fully supports.
Ogala made the remarks during an exclusive interview on Political Perspective, where she said Kanu’s continued detention should be revisited by the Federal Government.
Expressing her personal support for the IPOB leader, the AAC governorship hopeful said she believes Kanu’s warnings and predictions over the years have resonated with many Nigerians.
“Yes, I support what Nnamdi Kanu is doing 100% because he’s like a messiah, he’s like a prophet that we didn’t see coming. Everything he had prophesied had come to pass. Everything he said is what is happening today,” she stated.
The governorship candidate said that if elected governor of Abia State in 2027, one of her first priorities would be to seek Kanu’s pardon.
“If I am the governor today, the first thing I will seek is Nnamdi Kanu’s pardon,” she said.
Ogala also linked her position to the stance of the African Action Congress, insisting that the party does not support Kanu’s continued detention.
According to her, the AAC’s presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has publicly expressed support for Kanu and would release him if elected President of Nigeria.
“I know that if my president, Omoyele Sowore, who has shown his public support for Nnamdi Kanu, becomes the president, he will release Nnamdi Kanu that same day because my party, AAC, does not support what is being done to him. We are fully behind him,” she said.
Ogala further described Kanu as more than a political figure to her.
“Nnamdi Kanu is not only the leader of IPOB; he is my brother, and I support him 100%,” she declared.
She used the interview to directly appeal to President Tinubu to reconsider Kanu’s detention.
“Dear President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, I am telling you with immediate effect to revisit Nnamdi Kanu’s imprisonment and have him released immediately,” Ogala said.
She maintained that the issue should be resolved through political dialogue, reiterating her belief that Kanu would regain his freedom under an AAC-led Federal Government.