Former Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Rowland
Owie, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to
order the release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.

According to him, this would reduce tension in the country.

A statement he released at the weekend appealed to
Buhari not to heed the voice of those telling him that
IPOB is a militant group.

He said: “I wish to remind President Muhammadu
Buhari that every elected leader in Nigeria becomes a prisoner of palace jesters around him and become
isolated from realities outside Aso Rock.

“President Buhari should open the prison door now
and come out and face the reality.

“I urge President Buhari to release Kanu, the leader of the IPOB, now and dialogue with them.

“The President should not listen to palace jesters who are telling him that they are militants like Boko
Haram. They are not.

“While Boko Haram leadership is not visible, the
IPOB leadership is visible. Buhari should act now.

“A Bini parable says the king that folds his hands
while his palace is burning ends up being a tenant.”